Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orestimba, California


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) BusterD (talk) 23:12, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Orestimba, California

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no sources


 * no sig. Carrite (talk) 02:45, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Nominator is: 23:01, 30 August 2011 Wirelesswonderer (talk | contribs) -- Carrite (talk) 02:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - Hits all over the place on Google Earth, including Orestimba High School. Pretty definitely a sufficiently identifiable populated suburb of Newman, California. Carrite (talk) 02:45, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  — Logan Talk Contributions 02:59, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete (Changing to Keep, see below) If someone can find evidence that this is a Census Designated Place or an official Populated Place, then it should be kept. I could not find evidence that it is either, but others may be better at this kind of searching than I am. If it is not so designated it should be deleted. The fact that Orestimba High School exists does not prove that Orestimba, California is an actual town (as opposed to a neighborhood of a nearby town, for example). Notice that the high school's mailing address is in Newman, and that the school district page about the high school says "Orestimba High School is located in Newman, California" - also that "Students come from the communities of Newman, Crows Landing, Diablo Grande, and the surrounding agricultural areas." Not a word about any community called Orestimba. --MelanieN (talk) 03:17, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I see that nobody notified the article author about this discussion. I just did. --MelanieN (talk) 03:27, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep The community's name was shortened to Timba at some point, and sources can be found under that name (I added one to the article). The article needs to be moved to the current name, but the community can be verified. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 05:04, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The community is listed in the GNIS. Wikipedia also serves as a gazateer. Thank you-RFD (talk) 13:07, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep based on the link to the GNIS. Article should be moved to Timba, California. --MelanieN (talk) 14:22, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep all populated places are notable for the purposes of Wikipedia, if verification is possible. It is here.   DGG ( talk ) 07:41, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
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