Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maine, Maine


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 14:30, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Maine, Maine

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I highly doubt this is a real place, but instead a WP:GNIS error. A 2017 edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maine,_Maine&diff=780561315&oldid=772063754) stated "The location designated as a "village" is actually the name of a siding in the township of Ft. Fairfield, ME. The GNIS ref: is likely due to a typo as the location is on the Main Siding Road". The coordinates listed in the article on Google Maps show a farm, a few buildings, and a trail. Unfortunately, it's a little hard to verify any other info as it's pretty hard to find information, considering that this 'village' has the same name as the state it's in, and since the GNIS website is down at the moment. wizzito &#124; say hello!  21:07, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete I found a single newspaper reference to a resident of Main Siding, but between the almost certainly incorrect name, the lack of any other information on Main Siding, and the fact that Caribou, Maine has annexed the area, I don't think we need an article here. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 01:19, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment User:TheCatalyst31; I found a topo map from 1930 that referred to the area as "Maines Siding", but from 1933 onwards it seems to be referred to as just Maine. wizzito &#124; say hello!  01:22, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It doesn't look like either "Maines Siding" or "Maine Siding" turns up anything useful either; almost all of the results are either local siding businesses or OCR mistakes. (And of course Maine on its own is impossible to search.) Even if the name was correct, it may have been little more than a railroad siding that got a road named after it. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 01:33, 23 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - per all above, this is a railroad siding w/o significant coverage. Hog Farm Talk 03:09, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination, and all of the above. A railroad siding is a railroad siding, not a place.TH1980 (talk) 02:53, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete; it's sad to say, but the obvious barrier to finding any information about this place means it's very unlikely that sources will be uncovered. Since it's been annexed, we're looking at a historical entry anyway. The lack of sources means that it's difficult to verify its existence, and it's not like we can write much about it in a potential redirect target. jp×g 16:54, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per all above.4meter4 (talk) 00:26, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


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