Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kohrville, Texas


 * 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. Tone 15:11, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Kohrville, Texas

 * – ( View AfD View log )

Poorly referenced article about non-notable geographic feature, with possible (but not certain, hence this AfD rather than WP:G12 speedy) significant copypaste content, and nothing much remaining if/when that's removed. Fails WP:N / WP:NGEO and possibly WP:V. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:06, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:06, 22 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep - This carries a strong presumption as a populated locality under WP:GEOLAND. The WP:COPVIO issue can be dealt with by ordinary editing. See refs here and here. FOARP (talk) 12:51, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - I would have stated hold because it seems excessive to have this put forward to AfD due to a COPYVIO but the community is in the GNIS as a starting point for verifiability. Additionally, you can't tell me that none of that copy and pasted material explaining some of the history is not salvageable? – The Grid  ( talk )  13:02, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've already had a crack at the history section and if the bit about schools is also a copyvio then it can be dealt with the same way. @DoubleGrazing - AFD is really for articles that are beyond saving, not just ones that have a lot of problems. Read WP:TNT for explanation of where the save/can't save boundary typically is. FOARP (talk) 13:15, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 14:10, 22 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep May not exist anymore but was a real community per . ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 14:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * keep The Handbook of Texas entry has a decent history which makes clear this was a real town. A quick check shows that none of the Texas city/town articles seems to cite GNIS, at least not well enough, BTW. Mangoe (talk) 18:44, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Yeah, between the Handbook of Texas entry and the source now in the article stating a figure of 100 families at one point, this looks like a decent WP:GEOLAND pass, although I am seeing some copyvio red flags in the page history. Hog Farm Bacon 18:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - This looks like a very early effort by . Much of this appears to be a ghost town, but we do articles on ghost towns all the time on Wikipedia. I've added some external links, because I don't have time to re-write this right now.  Maybe someone can help.  It's obvious from reading those eternal links that this Harris County community played an important part in the multi-cultural immigration to this area of Texas: "In the late 19th century, families arrived from Prussia, Denmark, Ireland and England, as well as several Southern states. African Americans also moved here from the Piney Point area west of Houston. The locale had multiple schools, churches, sawmills and a cotton gin in the early 20th century but remained sparsely populated until suburban growth occurred." — Maile  (talk) 01:53, 25 September 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.