Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Happy Valley, Calaveras County, California


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The result was keep. Yunshui 雲 水 07:08, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Valley, Calaveras County, California

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No sign of an "unincorporated community" here. Map label is in the style and typeface of a geographic feature, not a community. –dlthewave ☎ 03:32, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Here is an article from the local historical society that verifies that there was a Happy Valley settlement going back to the Gold Rush era. The area was settled especially by French immigrants who established a vineyard, built a stone winery and engaged in mining for several decades. Descendents of these French settlers still live in the area. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  03:47, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Here is a photo from the Library of Congress that shows buildings in the Happy Valley community, taken as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey in the 1930s. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  03:53, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Here is a link to a book that asserts that the French settlement in Happy Valley predates the Gold Rush, and that the oldest building in Calaveras County is an adobe house that was part of that community. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  03:58, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Aside from the French settlement, the sources mostly describe a dispersed population in the area. I'm not sure that this justifies the "unincorporated community" label without a source describing it as such, but I do see the potential to write an article on the human history of the valley. –dlthewave ☎ 15:19, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 03:32, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 03:32, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep mentions include  . This  names it as a mining camp. This  gives a better reference regarding the French settlement there, and  also verifies it.  gives a record of the store that was there. Needs improvement, not deletion. SportingFlyer  T · C  05:17, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: Seems to be ample sourcing to save this. p  b  p  12:59, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per the sources found by Cullen and SportingFlyer which verify this was a community.Oakshade (talk) 20:34, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


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