Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jot Em Down Store, Georgia


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The result was delete. Whether a redirect is merited will be left up to a separate editorial decision. ✗ plicit  23:46, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Jot Em Down Store, Georgia

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According to the article itself, this isn't a community, but more likely just where the store (Jot Em Down Store) in question was. The coordinates lead to some farmland and houses. wizzito &#124; say hello!  22:31, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete - GNIS describes it as a locale and there's no evidence that this was ever anything more than a country store. The article history is quite revealing and is an excellent example of how Wikipedia manufactures unincorporated communities out of whole cloth. The original version, though unsourced and written by an inexperienced editor, sounds plausible: "... not an actual town, but actually just a local landmark that citizens use for navigation purposes. Due to its navigation uses, it is often referred to in map and atlas listings." But then someone who'd been around long enough to know better inexplicably rewrote the whole thing as an unincorporated community, still with no sourcing whatsoever! This type of behavior creates a huge workload at AfD and was never acceptable, even in the early days when expectations were much lower. –dlthewave ☎ 04:54, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:NGEO. If anyone finds anything ping me. I was unable. Google populates all sorts of flower sellers and weather reports which mention fictional place. Lightburst (talk) 00:07, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment this describes someone from the "Jot Em Down Community" and this also is related to a "Jot Em Down" community. However, I didn't find much coverage besides that. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:25, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Masterhatch (talk) 22:06, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be, well, a store. No indication of notability. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 00:50, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Gilmer County, Georgia, since it seems fairly borderline; people are familiar with Jot 'em Down's Seed and Feed (formerly Chuck's, perhaps). Newspaper sources confirm this, with a 2014 story mentioning that there's one in Forsyth County, and that "a Jot Em Down Store was so popular in Pierce County that the unincorporated community was named "Jot Em Down", according to "Georgia Place-Names"." Doesn't seem like it warrants an article in its own right, but it could be useful as a navigational aid. jp×g 17:44, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It ought to be noted that the 2014 story I mentioned is the same one linked earlier by BeanieFan. jp×g 17:45, 28 September 2021 (UTC)


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