Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North Battle Mountain, Nevada


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The result was keep. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:30, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

North Battle Mountain, Nevada

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North Battle Mountain was a railway station and had no post office. It probably is not notable, see WP:STATION, WP:GEOLAND. Carlson states that North Battle Mountain is a station on the Western Pacific Railway. Newspapers.com has a number of references to North Battle Mountain, mostly concerning the railroad. There was one newspapers.com reference to a child being born to parents who lived there. Other than that, there are not many references that mention North Battle Mountain. North Battle Mountain is not mentioned in ghosttowns.com, is not mentioned in the 1941 WPA guide, is not mentioned in "Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps" (Paher), is not mentioned in "Nevada Post Offices" (Gamett & Paher).
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions. Cxbrx (talk) 17:53, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Cxbrx (talk) 17:53, 5 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Unlike a lot of the western railroad sidings that come up here, there are many references to people actually living in North Battle Mountain. This is the article about the couple living there who had a baby; in the same article, it mentions a different family that also lived in North Battle Mountain. This article mentions a different family that lived there a few years later. This article mentions two more families who lived there; this article mentions the first of those families again, and this one mentions the second. This article discusses a resident who hosted a local bridge club. This article mentions another family that lived there. This article mentions another resident. This article mentions another resident. This article mentions a sheep ranch there. This article says that a proposed closure of the North Battle Mountain station was protested because it would inconvenience county residents. And that's not including other articles about the station itself, or road construction there, or mining claims in the area. It seems clear to me that North Battle Mountain was a community where people lived and conducted business, not just the site of a railroad station. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 02:46, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking the time to take a look and do the clippings. Stations and section houses often have residents, but does the coverage meet WP:GEOLAND #2 "given non-trivial coverage in multiple, independent reliable sources." Is there non-trivial coverage?  The news items seem to be trivial to me.  The fact that there was no post office, that it does not appear in the 1941 WPA source and Carlson mentions it as a station indicate how minor and non-notable the place was.  I'd like to see some articles about the place and how important it is/was.  I did see an article about attempting to fight the closure of the station, but that falls under WP:STATION.  Mainly, I'm looking for some consistency in what constitutes a notable place, at least in Nevada.  I've been going through articles and identifying possible AfDs, see my  talk page.  I'll be introducing these one at a time to the AfD process. Cxbrx (talk) 17:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * So I was thinking about the newspapers.com links that TheCatalyst31 posted above and I'm not sure if any of them are notable and/or non-trivial enough to include in the article. I agree that people lived at this location, what is up being questioned is whether the location is notable.  We need to provide "non-trivial coverage in multiple, independent reliable sources".  I agree that the Reno paper is a reliable source, but the coverage seems to be trivial.  Cxbrx (talk) 21:52, 7 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per User:TheCatalyst31-North Battle Mountain, Nevada was a community-Thank you-RFD (talk) 11:16, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Per GEOLAND. Actual community, not merely a siding. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 00:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)


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