Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Long Island (North Carolina)


 * 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. (non-admin closure) ɴᴋᴏɴ21  ❯❯❯  talk  04:53, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Long Island (North Carolina)

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Non-notable unincorporated community. Many other notable communities in the county don't have their own page so I question why this one in particular needs one. Why? I Ask (talk) 08:20, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Why? I Ask (talk) 08:20, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:31, 6 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep, this particular unincorporated community used to be a town with textile mills, but it was destroyed to create Lake Norman. The locale also has an airfield and marina.-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 08:46, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Eostrix's good point. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:31, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - I agree, can be salvaged  Wiki Macaroons Cinnamon? 10:29, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Aren't unincorporated communities automatically notable if proof of their existence can be found?— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  14:48, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * No. Mangoe (talk) 18:54, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I probably worded it wrong but I know I've seen a statement similar to what I made.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  19:03, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, found it. WP:GEOLAND. I am interpreting the first section as applying to Long Island. It does, or did, have a post office.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  19:07, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Not that it matters to this discussion, but in the US, before Rural Free Delivery there were post offices in all sorts of unlikely places, including people's homes, because you had to go to the post office to pick up your mail. There are numerous examples of post offices in railroad stations with no other buildings around, as well as at farmhouses and stores. It doesn't ,mean there was anything else there. Mangoe (talk) 00:47, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * This post office still existed when I lived near there in the 1980s.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  16:23, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * That's why I said "not that it matters in this case". In general, existence of a current post office is a reliable indication of a settlement, and this place has other historical information showing it to be a town. I just wanted to make sure that people understood that a post office need not be in a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 19:19, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I said what I did hoping the post office was evidence, but with recent closings, I think they may have closed that one recently.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  19:48, 7 August 2020 (UTC)


 * keep The current state of the article is the kind of lazy shit that drives the placenames cleanup crew crazy, as someone just dumped the thing in from GNIS, and then whoever put the important historical part in didn't bother to update anything else. But the one reference makes it clear there was a town here, with a history. I imagine one could even get census figures for it. Mangoe (talk) 18:53, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I apologize for that. It was important to get the basic information in place and I knew how to do that. But there's obviously more that can be added.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  19:03, 6 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. I made some cleanups including changing the raw links to citations, maybe someone will flesh out the article?  According to the BGN Subject Folders on the GNIS page, it had a post office.  Note that there are differing opinions about post offices and notability. Cxbrx (talk) 13:57, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I can do some of the work on this. I used to live nearby, but that's just why I'm interested.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  15:20, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The first source is questionable, because it says Long Island is in Mecklenburg County, which it isn't. I'll have to find something better.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  15:46, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, I think the article looks much better now.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  16:23, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I should mention page numbers were not provided with the books, but since they are online, the search function will show the pages.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  16:42, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * This is why I always think it's good to open a discussion about questionable content. The page is looking a lot better now and that wouldn't have been possible with out this : ). Why? I Ask (talk) 23:22, 7 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep and rename Long Island, North Carolina.Djflem (talk) 09:49, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I just looked at the disambiguation page. Most of the articles had this style but they weren't towns, so I see you were right.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  16:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep historical significance. CaffeinAddict (talk) 04:22, 11 August 2020 (UTC)


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