Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Las Juntas, California


 * 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 delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:10, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Las Juntas, California

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

According to Durham's Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area there are two places named Las Juntas in Contra Costa. One is Rancho Las Juntas a large Mexican land grant stretching from Martinez to Walnut Creek. The other is described as a locality and corresponds to the Las Juntas rail station on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The station was used primarily for loading freight. A picture of the station can be found here. There is no evidence of a community by this name. Rail station does not meet notability standards. Glendoremus (talk) 04:22, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  ~ Amkgp  💬  05:29, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Glendoremus (talk) 20:08, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * delete Gudde agrees that the spot was just a station. Mangoe (talk) 01:46, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  D My Son  06:52, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep/merge We usually keep articles about railway stations and the worst case would be merger to an article about the railroad, line or locality. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:55, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * For US stations where the building is not notable and which there is no information about other than its existence, we as a rule do not keep them. Mangoe (talk) 13:31, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * There seem to be tidbits of information in sources such as Pleasant Hill. Deletion does not seem appropriate as there are sensible alternatives. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:01, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * The "tidbits" you refer to are all references to Rancho Las Juntas or to the fact that Las Juntas was a rail station. All of this is covered above in the original RFD.  Not sure what alternative you are suggesting. If you have a specific suggestion, please tell us. Glendoremus (talk) 20:28, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * What "original RFD"? The book gives details of railroad operations at the station.  Rancho Las Juntas is the same locaility and so merger would be appropriate.  We have more than mere existence and so deletion is not appropriate. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:45, 24 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Sorry, meant AFD. Rancho Las Juntas covered 20 square miles and was long gone by the time this station was built, so hard to say that the two shared anything but the same name. It doesn't make sense to merge a railroad station with an old Mexican land grant. Merging with the railroad that operated the station could be done but there's nothing in this article about a railroad station, it is written on the false premise that it's a community. Glendoremus (talk) 19:03, 24 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete Historic railroad stops are not automatically notable, no evidence of being a notable community. We do not need an article for a "rude shelter...resembl[ing] a chicken coop." Reywas92Talk 22:50, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. There are no sources showing that this was ever even a community, let alone a notable one.  Merging to Rancho Las Juntas does not make sense, as the two topics are not the same.  Rorshacma (talk) 20:16, 24 July 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.