Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lupton City, Chattanooga


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The result was   Keep. This article is now properly sourced. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 22:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Lupton City, Chattanooga

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Another non-town with no significance attached to it. No sourcing of significance. There was once a post office here, but apparently the postal service felt it wasn't necessary to keep it open. Fails WP:NOTABILITY Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 04:46, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep There are several reliable sources cited in the article. See WP:GEOLAND and having a post office puts it as being legally recognized.  Royal broil  05:50, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Significant coverage in reliable sources. Besides, this is a neighborhood with significant coverage in a major city, it appears to have once been a distinct community, and it had its own post office for a long time, all indicators of notability. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 06:00, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Perhaps that "precident" should be changed. This "community" appears to be abandoned... Perhaps if somebody could explain why this "precident" exists, it may make more sense to me, and I will withdraw the nomination. I will also point out that WP:GEOLAND is simply a guidline, not policy, and that guidline says that such places MAY be notable, not that they are automatically notable. There is absolutely nothing notable about this place in it's history, and especially not now in the present. . --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉  07:42, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Abandoned? There's an article from only six years ago that says it has over 250 families. The post office closed, but a lot of post offices have been closing lately thanks to budget cuts; that says nothing about who still lives there. Besides, Notability is not temporary. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 08:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep If you read the article about the post office closing it was due to structural issues with the building. Additionally, the same article goes into depth about the history of the town, including it's original purpose. WP:BEFORE nominating you should review the sources and actually present the facts, "apparently the postal service felt it wasn't necessary to keep it open" isn't a fact it is a spin of the actual fact from the source. Speedy Keep 2e may apply here. Mrfrobinson (talk) 14:51, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:27, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. In addition to the above, GBooks turns up other potential sources about this former company town, notably including Marirose Arendale, "Lupton City: Chattanooga's Model Mill Village," Tennessee Historical Quarterly 43 (1984): 68-78. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Arxiloxos's academic journal article is all I need to see, we don't need multiple published sources for a town, only verified existence. Carrite (talk) 17:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, with congratulations to the article creator for starting a nice (and nicely sourced) little article about this discrete (and notable) community within the city limits of Chattanooga. --Orlady (talk) 18:58, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - My gentle fellow editors, please read WP:NRVE. Other than an article about the post office closing, can sombody produce something to show WP:NOTABILITY? What did Lupton "City" ever do to stand out? No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists: The evidence must show the topic has gained significant independent coverage or recognition, and that this was not a mere short-term interest. Where are the recognized peer reviewed publications, credible and authoritative books, reputable media sources, and other reliable sources? --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉  20:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * First of all, Arxiloxos just did that. Second of all, according to the five pillars Wikipedia should contain elements of a gazetteer, which includes settlements such as this one. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 20:39, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep per Arxiloxos. Kaldari (talk) 21:55, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Arxiloxos. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 21:58, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've added some content about this community's history, based on two articles from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. This was a planned community established around a large thread-spinning mill, established by John Thomas Lupton, who had made a fortune from bottling Coca-Cola. TheCatalyst31 added a relevant book source, too. --Orlady (talk) 22:26, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment This article is now properly sourced, and meets WP:NOTABILITY. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 22:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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