Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P and W Patch, Pennsylvania


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The result was redirect to Avella, Pennsylvania. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:38, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

P and W Patch, Pennsylvania

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Newspaper articles dating back to the 1930s describe this as a "mining patch" which is a small village operated by a mining company. Maps show a small housing development at this location, but no sign of anything that meets WP:GEOLAND or WP:GNG. –dlthewave ☎ 14:51, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 14:51, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 14:51, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment: USGS maps seem like this could plausibly be a real community. There's nothing in 1904 or 1906, but the 1954 map shows a "P and W Patch" label on a big ol' church right at the coordinates from the GNIS entry, and some houses along the other side of the street on the south, as well as a school a little bit up the road near Avella. Alas, 1954 is the last 1:24k map. The 1:100k map from 1986 does show a "P and W Patch" labelled, and the 2019 map shows some streets (but no houses, since USGS decided in the 2010s to make all of their maps be unusably low-detail trash). Strangely, in the Google satellite map I don't see the church anywhere. That said, P and W Patch doesn't seem too big; while there's a library and fire department and town center a little bit north on the road, this is Avella. If anyone can find archive sources saying that this was a notable location at some point, I'll !vote keep; otherwise, I think it ought to be deleted. jp×g 22:46, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 * comment As far as I can tell, the small development is P & W Patch. Various websites state that it was a company town. Possibly it is notable, though I'm having trouble with the sourcing. Mangoe (talk) 22:50, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Avella, Pennsylvania. According to the Census Bureau, P & W Patch is within the boundaries of the Avella census-designated place. The articles I found about P & W Patch, which are probably the same ones dlthewave found, all refer to it as something like "the P & W mining patch" rather than a proper name, and a lot of them describe it as in or near Avella anyway. There's not much to merge as it is, and what there is to say about P&W can probably be said in the Avella article. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 01:19, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Avella, Pennsylvania. Four newspaper articles from between 1944 and 1952 state this was considered an area of Avella. Per TheCatalyst's arguments, I'm persuaded to redirect. Firsfron of Ronchester  04:20, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Avella, Pennsylvania, per Firsfron and TheCatalyst's analysis, as well as my own failure to find anything interesting on topo maps. jp×g 11:05, 27 August 2021 (UTC)


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