Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dodge Place, California


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  19:15, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Dodge Place, California

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I've listed this one separately because, unliek the other "place" articles being considered at the moment, there is more than the bare GNIS details. The problem is that the text, completely uncited, doesn't really make any claim that the farmstead (for that is what is described) is in any way notable. I've come across several works which are basically short biographies of as many early settlers as they could manage to document, and one of those is likely to be the source of this text. It's generally difficult, when reading one of these, to ascertain the locations where the people actually lived, and most topo map appearances of this sort of place name don't show up until the 1950s or '60s, or even later, so at this point I have my doubts that the original work was talking about people who lived at this spot. But even then, this is, when all is said and done, just a scrap of family history. There's no sign that anyone took notice of this. Mangoe (talk) 17:37, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:55, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:55, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I submitted the article to give more information about the existing citation of the Dodge Place which was likely just included in Wikipedia because it was noted on a USGS map. I agree that there is nothing especially "remarkable" about the location or history and that it is basically just a farmstead. 173.8.67.93 (talk) 18:31, 5 May 2020 (UTC) transferred from talk by Mangoe


 * Delete doesn't seem to be notable on its own. If there's anything worth keeping (and I don't think there is), it can go on Forest Ranch, California which meets notability as a CDP. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:19, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Just a homestead. Perhaps some can be merged into one of the eco-reserve articles, but I'm not sure. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 15:55, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable ranch; unsourced March 2020 expansion was written by a likely COI account. The "nature preserve" appears to be the family's own private project and doesn't merit inclusion in a larger article unless it's received coverage as part of an overall conservation scheme for the area, which it hasn't. –dlthewave ☎ 15:57, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree with : The bulk of the article is unsources and probably from a COI account. I had no luck searching newspapers.com. I did not find anything about the nature preserve, though I did not look very hard. Cxbrx (talk) 15:12, 11 May 2020 (UTC)


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