Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Langley, Illinois


 * 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 no consensus. North America1000 02:09, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Langley, Illinois

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What I see in the topos and the like is a former C&NW siding with a grain elevator which has been converted into a biker bar. They claim to have a Langley address, but the post office does not agree. At any rate there's no surrounding settlement, and I find scant reference to the place: one site says that mapping utilities can't find the bar if you say it's in Langley. Mangoe (talk) 02:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Illinois. Hog Farm Talk 04:19, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I at least found evidence that Langley was a settlement at one point; it had its own local news section in the Bureau County Tribune, and its residents occasionally made the news . The trouble is, I haven't been able to find anything that we could actually use to build an article. The History of Bureau County, Illinois has nothing on it either. I hate to delete verified settlements, but I don't think we have enough to go on here; for all we know based on the sources, the name might have just been applied to the farmland around the railroad station, and there may not have been a proper settlement. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 00:57, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. This unreliable source has a few details about what the writer calls a ghost town with the Psycho Silo Saloon located in the former grain silo, apparently, but that's not much good. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:46, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, per WP:GEOLAND. As was mentioned, the Bureau County Tribune had a regular section in its paper devoted to Langley.  The newspaper covered a period from 1905 to 1920, and clearly indicates this was a populated place.  Moreover, Bureau County recognizes Langley as an unincorporated area. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:48, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It means it's a placename; it doesn't mean it's a distinct settlement. Mangoe (talk) 05:22, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The county still recognizes it as a place. Moreover, "Miss Emma Hamrick of Langley, spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Ralph Carroll".  There are dozens of entries like this for over a decade in the county newspaper.  "Of Langley", "to Langley", "from Langley".  This was a place where people lived. It had a train station. This certainly meets WP:GEOLAND. Magnolia677 (talk) 09:07, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Modussiccandi (talk) 08:15, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Meets WP:GEOLAND. Doczilla  @SUPERHEROLOGIST 19:43, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't disagree that it's a name on a map. I do disagree that it represents a distinct settlement, and none of these citations says that. You are trying to infer what it is from a bunch of passing references, but none of them say anything about it. Mangoe (talk) 19:51, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 13:51, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. It seems clearly like a human settlement. If you google local businesses "psycho silo saloon" you'll see its address is there. If you go on Google Maps you can a Grain Silo, and a few homes and farms. This photography websites mentioned it. http://johnmarvigbridges.org/UP%20Hennepin%20Canal%20Bridge.html None of this is reliable sources for notability, but I think enough to say it exists, which I think is all we need. CT55555 (talk) 13:46, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Keep. Meets WP:GEOLAND. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 15:02, 17 June 2022 (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.