Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorwood, Missouri


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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 05:03, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Lorwood, Missouri

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As the Ramsay place names source makes clear, this is not and was not a community - it's a plantation where there was a rail stop for an on-premises sawmill. Coverage I found beyond the brief place names entry doesn't muster up to GNG - it's mainly instances of either the proprietor or his business partners using "Lorwood Plantation" as their addresses, or references to events occuring there (such as a murder). Essentially, the coverage mentions this place, but isn't about this place. Plantations can be notable, but they generally don't get the GEOLAND exemption, and I'm not seeing how this one meets GNG, unless I missed some sources. Hog Farm Talk 04:24, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 04:24, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 04:24, 28 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete: as per nom, a plantation is not a geographic location. No notability. --Whiteguru (talk) 05:00, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep The Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri has plenty to say about it, including that it was part of Como Township, New Madrid County, Missouri and a stop on the Cotton Belt Railway. There are therefore sensible alternatives to deletion – our policy which states that "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page."  See also WP:PRESERVE and WP:NOTPAPER. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:47, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * delete Aerials and topos only go back so far but only serve to ratify the identification of this as a farmstead. The one source with any much material (which is the same source as that cited in the article, BTW), well, there's not that much there, and nothing suggesting that it's notable. We have consistently deleted articles like this one, and I see no reason for this to change. Mangoe (talk) 04:44, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Being a stop on a railroad is not sufficient for inclusion, the stop must meet WP:GNG, see WP:STATION.  I don't have access to Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri, though the New Madrid County Place Names, 1928-1945 has a paragraph about Lorwood that cites it.  Passing reference in a list of place names is not significant coverage, so #2 of WP:GEOLAND is not met.  As this location has no legal recognition, #1 of WP:GEOLAND is not met.  Cxbrx (talk) 17:20, 29 July 2021 (UTC)


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