Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gubbarudda


 * 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 KEEP. postdlf (talk) 15:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Gubbarudda

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I cannot find any reliable sources for it, so it may not meet WP:N. It says it only had two families living in it, so I don't think it's a town or even a village. I don't usually do AFDs, so please feel free to check whether I am correct. David 1217 00:32, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete: while it is mentioned in the Irish placenames database, it's a non-notable townland with nothing significant to justify an article. ww2censor (talk) 02:54, 23 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The dozen or so Google Books hits make it appear to me that this was a notable colliery two centuries ago (note the 1845 source mentioning its presence in a "Report on the Connaught Coal District", listing it as one of the other important collieries after the "most important" one at Aughabehy) and a notable archaeological site one century ago. Since Google Books is mostly drawn from American sources and of course has better coverage the closer you get to the present, I would expect that more coverage exists in Irish and British sources of a century ago.  So, since notability is not temporary, this appears to me to meet Wikipedia notability standards, even if in all likelihood it will never be more than a stub because expanding it would require physically going somewhere and doing archival research in Ireland or Britain.  -- ▸∮ truthious ᛔ andersnatch ◂ 15:06, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:40, 30 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Wikipedia's geographic notability guideline states the following: Populated, legally-recognized places are, by a very large consensus, considered notable, even if the population is very low. A townland is a legally-recognized location, and there are already articles for other townlands (see Category:Townlands_of_County_Roscommon), so Gubbarudda is notable. NJ Wine (talk) 02:20, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per Wikipedia's Five pillars; the encyclopedia also functions as a gazetteer. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:37, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per NJ Wine.Red Hurley (talk) 10:35, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
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