Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iron Springs, Arizona


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) buidhe 19:14, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Iron Springs, Arizona

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I;m a bit reluctant on this one, but on the face of it I think there are notability issues. First of all, this is a private community of summer homes, sort of. It's actually the Iron Springs Club, and it's been around a very long time, long enough to have its own station on the now-abandoned ATSF line that ran by the place (I'm unclear on whether the station went by the same name, but it's a safe enough bet that it did). Sandra Day O'Connor slept here. The post office claim is rather dubious: it's not unreasonable that it may have had one for the convenience of its wealthy summer residents, but the zip code allegedly assigned to it is not now valid. My impression is that it is not a place people live year-'round: there is a countdown clock on the front page of the club website which implies that they do not open until the last weekend in May. The place may be notable in its own right, but I'm having some trouble justifying that. Searching is complicated by another Iron Springs in a different part of the state and by the use of the name to designate the whole area of the surrounding national forest, including a recreational area. Mangoe (talk) 22:32, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:44, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:44, 6 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - It is an actual distinct community and, as the nom states, it actually had its own rail station. Notability isn't temporary. And it also the certain violent death location of William Brocius in an incident involving Wyatt Earp. Oakshade (talk) 00:22, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I saw the Earp incident but everything seems to show it happened at the other Iron Springs, not at a summer camp for rich people. Mangoe (talk) 00:24, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh. My bad. Changed to weak keep.Oakshade (talk) 01:20, 7 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep The resort community was the subject of an entire article in The Journal of Arizona History. In addition to the other mentioned sources and the place's presence on maps, that seems like solid enough evidence of notability to me. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 15:21, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. It appears to have a Post Office, there is a non-trivial journal article about it.  Yes, I agree that it seems like a wealthy neighborhood perhaps with a vanity article about it, but it should probably stay.  I think that it was a good thing to question the notability of this article, as it stood it is similar to a bunch of vanity pages for non-notable neighboorhoods.   Cxbrx (talk) 05:47, 9 March 2020 (UTC)


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