Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muskrat Cove


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The result was delete. Note that maps are explicitly excluded as sources for notability per WP:NGEO. RL0919 (talk) 19:13, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Muskrat Cove

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Neither "Muskrat Cove" nor "Waterlily Bay" seems to be an officially recognized name for a feature of Otsego Lake (New York), as neither has an entry in the Geographic Names Information System database. A Muskrat Cove was mentioned in the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, but this page (search for the "Blackbird Bay" section), at least, identifies it with Blackbird Bay, about which there is an existing article. The are a few mentions on Web pages—many of them WP-derived—but, basically, both these place names seem to be unverifiable in reliable sources.

I am also nominating the following related page:

—Deor (talk) 18:21, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:40, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 09:30, 29 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete both Fails WP:V. The article don't contain coordinates or sufficient information to locate the bays, there being numerous bays north of Cooperstown which is at the southern end of the lake. According to this "Muskrat Cove" was a fictional name once given to Blackbird Bay in a novel.Pontificalibus 10:33, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete both Fails WP:V. Practical usability of article is very questionable.Knox490 (talk) 20:23, 29 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I see no reason to delete Muskrat Cove which is also known as Rat Cove. It appears on usgs topo maps and biological field station maps and documents. As shown in the following:

420Traveler (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Small features of lakes are not notable by themselves. If there was something notable that happened there, say a boat sinking, then I'd change my mind. Bearian (talk) 16:35, 3 September 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.