Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kempton Junction, West Virginia


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:18, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Kempton Junction, West Virginia

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On 1967 topo as a railroad junction leading to Kempton, MD and no one living nearby. Closest scattered homes are in MD (none in WV), and zero newspapers.com hits. Another GNIS misclassification failure and a failure to fact-check and find coverage before creating article. Reywas92Talk 20:17, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Reywas92Talk 20:17, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Reywas92Talk 20:17, 12 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2020 March 12.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 20:30, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Kempton Junction is well documented:
 * this source calls it "a community".
 * this map shows it as a railroad stop.
 * this guy was born there
 * mentioned here as 'Kempton Junction"
 * 1940 census
 * mentioned here
 * mentioned here Magnolia677 (talk) 16:59, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 1. There's a "Kempton" here, no "Kempton Junction"
 * 2. Yes, of course a railroad map lists its own junction, maybe it even stopped there, it does not say it's the name of a community
 * 3. Find A Grave is NOT a reliable source. It's even internally inconsistent with the photo saying "Kempton"
 * 4. Unclear, Point Marion, PA is 43 miles from Kempton Junction, not 15. Annotation may still refer to RR junction, not a community
 * 5. Yes, the RR junction was included in the enumeration district
 * 6. Discusses the coal town of Kempton, not Kempton Junction
 * 7. Full line is "Bridge, Western Md. R.R. near Kempton Junction", makes sense to mention a railroad bridge being near the railroad junction.
 * Other mentions: Seeing that the next stop west on the RR map isn't until William, West Virginia (and east to Henry, West Virginia, it's possible that a community near the Kemption Junction is actually the same as Wilsonia, West Virginia, as seen on the 1921 topo, haven't searched that yet. Reywas92Talk 21:08, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - As well, the West Virginia Archives & History identifies it as a place, active from 1920 to 1935. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:23, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, A "PLACE"!!! The same list with "Kanawha & Michigan Junction", both a Kanawha Siding and Kanawha Station in addition to Kanawha, Karl Siding at Karl, Katy Station at Katy, the Kaymoor No. 1 Mine at Kaymoor, whatever the Keeptryst Furnace is, Kegley Station at Kegley, Kenton Furnace at Kenton, Kilsythe Junction at Kilsythe, Klondike Mine at Klondike, and of course a Kempton Station in addition to our junction. Not sure what the dates are supposed to mean – the spur line from this junction ceased operations in 1968; excellent investigating here... Reywas92Talk 02:13, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, Reywas's arguments are sound as it appears to have no proper third party assertion of significance. --Golbez (talk) 20:47, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Kempton Junction itself doesn't appear to be anything more than a railroad junction, no sign that it meets GEOLAND. Kempton, Maryland (the old mining town at the end of the spur) has a decent amount of coverage, however it's not the same place and would need to be created as a separate article. –dlthewave ☎ 02:44, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, xinbenlv  Talk, Remember to "ping" me 05:39, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


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