Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mattos, California


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The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 04:15, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Mattos, California

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Durham calls it a locality. Another source identifies it as a railroad facility at a ranch owned by John Garcia Mattos. Nothing indicates it was a community and otherwise not notable. Glendoremus (talk) 19:38, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 19:43, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Glendoremus (talk) 19:43, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per nom. There's no evidence of notabillity for this entity. Fails WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG Paul H. (talk) 01:23, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:13, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * delete Things are made a lot clearer for this one by the old aerials, which show in the 1940s a spot in between two orchards with no buildings nearby; then in the 1950s a siding appears which curves off to a factory or warehouse next to the then-new FAA facility (which is still there). The orchards are overrun by dense suburban development, and eventually the factory and its siding do as well, although there is a trace of the latter remaining in the form of fence lines and pavement. The topos show the name on one very early map, and then it disappears until the siding shows up, and then disappears again. All this points towards a railorad point name, and there's certainly no sign of anything resembling a separate town. Mangoe (talk) 20:52, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete No post office. Alameda County Place Names says it was a railroad station, WP:STATION applies.  Searching GBooks or Newspapers.com is not very fruitful because Mattos is a common last name.  Searching for "Mattos Alameda" yielded a trivial mention.   has a bio of John G. Mattos, but the portion I can see does not mention the locale.  As this locale is not legally recognized, it does not fulfill WP:GEOLAND #1.  As there is only trivial coverage (and not much at that), it does not fulfill WP:GEOLAND #1.  Cxbrx (talk) 20:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonnotable siding. Just a locale. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 01:44, 22 October 2020 (UTC)


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