Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Only, Missouri


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 06:32, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Only, Missouri

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I'm still getting the hang of sorting out non-notable place stubs, but I don't think this was a "populated place" like GNIS claims. Google Maps shows absolutely nothing here, as does the 1934 topo. While a WP:SPS website claims there was a post office here from 1907-1919, a more reliable source states that the post office was only there 1915-1918. GNIS agrees with the post office and the 1915-1918 dates. 1982 topo also shows nothing. GNIS claims to source it from a 1969 topo of Springfield, Missouri. I can find no existance of a 1969 Springfield topo, but I found a 1959 Springfield topo that does include it. That map is, however, a scale of a large area, so it doesn't mark individual buildings. With clear evidence that this was just a short-lived low-level post office, and with the small area topos not even including it, I'm seeing no way this passes WP:GEOLAND. Hog Farm Bacon 17:41, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 17:41, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 17:41, 11 September 2020 (UTC)


 * delete When the state historical society describes it as a post office, and it doesn't show up on the small scale topos, that is not a good sign. Mangoe (talk) 18:11, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, valid stub about a historic settlement. Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, and it need not have the same limitations as a paper map.72.49.7.25 (talk) 16:23, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It was never a settlement. Not even the local topographic maps include it.  It was an isolated post office that existed for three or four years before it was replaced by rural free delivery.  Just because GNIS calls something a populated place, doesn't mean it was a community. Hog Farm Bacon 16:29, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence that it was anything more than a post office, probably serving a rural population. Glendoremus (talk) 20:48, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep The community existed and is important for the local history of the area. And, in response to the previous comment "probably serving a rural population": exactly in an era when local "rural" folks needed a nearby place to get their mail and supplies. Some folks seem rather ignorant of historical realities. Vsmith (talk) 13:53, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The historical reality is that 4th class post offices were put in all kinds of places, and moved around pretty frequently, and renamed often. They do not imply a settlement other than at the trivial level that someone had to be postmaster. Mangoe (talk) 19:10, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * hmm "..moved around pretty frequently": seems that would need a reference, unless you simply mean "moved from one building in a small community to a different building in the community" - which would be meaningless (or irrelevant) here. Vsmith (talk) 00:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You can see for yourself in the data: the lifespans of a lot of these post offices was measured in a few years, and when moved, the new location might be miles away. Your comment about moving from one building to another in the community presupposes a community in the first place, so how do you know? Mangoe (talk) 14:09, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nightfury 20:43, 20 September 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ‑Scottywong | [squeal] ||  21:58, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per the analysis by Hog Farm. Seems to have been a rural post office. Even if this settlement did exist the complete lack of sources discussing this place as a settlement rather than a post office means this article fails WP:V. 86.23.86.239 (talk) 10:58, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, post offices do not pass WP:GEOLAND, and there is no evidence that this one passes WP:GNG. Devonian Wombat (talk) 12:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete does not pass WP:GEOLAND per nom. and User talk:86.23.86.239. Paul H. (talk) 19:11, 7 October 2020 (UTC)


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