Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fordville, Arizona


 * 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 delete. Liz Read! Talk! 06:10, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Fordville, Arizona

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I start the year off with another case where the actual sources differ considerably from what we have passed through GNIS to our article. It is yet another late arrival to the topos, which early on show the mining town of Tiger next door, but nothing at this spot, which sits between several mines. When it does show up, it's another back entry from GNIS, but the latter's source is related in GNIS as saying "Name derived from Ford Mine for which it appears to have served as a post office for a few months in 1880 (AZ-T101)." This is consistent with what I found elsewhere, once I browbeat Google into excluding the place in North Dakota. So not a notable settlement. Mangoe (talk) 02:05, 2 January 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 02:24, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Arizona. Skynxnex (talk) 03:11, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Question. If there's an abandoned mine and a historical settlement around the abandoned mine, is there an article to redirect this to that relates to the mine? —  Red-tailed hawk (nest) 19:05, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Comment says the post office was established in 1880, scattered mentions of a senior club etc so it would seem to exist or have existence. Haven't found anything substantive in Google Books yet. Nada on JStor. Per, "Ford Property", and  and  might be sources. Still looking but right now I got to go. Elinruby (talk) 21:33, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Followup: based on the sources above, possibly Tiger, Arizona is a legit redirect target? Elinruby (talk) 07:09, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Relisting to discuss potential redirect targets. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:47, 16 January 2023 (UTC) Relisting comment: Final relist Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:47, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete per WP:V and WP:GEOLAND, given the lack of any WP:RS confirming the subject's existence. I can believe that this mine is notable (Category:Geography of Pinal County, Arizona includes several mines), but we don't seem to have an article on it and there wouldn't be anything useful to merge if we did.  Hut 8.5  19:20, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * delete I can't find a peep about this one on Arizona Memory. And I found Ford Mine on the 1911 Winkelman topo at the site of "Fordville" with *maybe* one building. I think this one can go and if someone comes along with a great 19th century Arizona Territory mining history sources and wants to resurrect it, the GNIS database will be waiting. jengod (talk) 21:04, 23 January 2023 (UTC)


 * 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.