Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglass Cemetery


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 07:07, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Douglass Cemetery

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Non-notable, lacks in-depth coverage in independent sources. Cemeteries are not inherently notable. The first source in the article is a minor mention in general interest article. The second is very short and self-published. Searching turns up littler more. Find-a-grave does indicate is has about 3,000 graves and is also called Douglass Pioneer Cemetery. MB 01:35, 23 August 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  03:46, 30 August 2022 (UTC) Relisting comment: Relisting, responding to an editor's request to have more time to consider this discussion. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:41, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. MB 01:35, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with the nom that cemeteries aren't inherently notable (see ), and this one doesn't seem to meet the GNG. There have been a few more sources added since the nomination, but they don't move the needle very far: and  are just mentions on lists, while  and  are passing mentions in the press. My search didn't find much of note, either—mostly just trivial mentions in obituaries and the like. There is a bit in this book, but its publisher is of dubious reliability, and regardless we need sigcov in more than one source. Doesn't clear the notability threshold, as far as I can tell. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:50, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Bummer, I can't view much of the text in the 2021 book you've shared. Searching "Douglass Cemetery" and "Douglass Pioneer Cemetery" at the Oregonian archives via Multnomah County Library yields many hundreds of returns, obviously most of which are passing mentions in obituaries. However, difficult to tell if there's some non-obituary coverage hidden in the pile as well. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 00:01, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure we need to rush to delete this entry. I'd prefer to see the page expanded with info about notable burials (per Oregon Metro) and give editors more time to sift through newspaper archives. Also, if a standalone article is inappropriate at this time then shouldn't the content be merged into the Troutdale article? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:32, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.