Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prettyman, Missouri


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:36, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Prettyman, Missouri

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The state historical society source does not call this place a town, rather it says A switch on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in the western part of Grand River Township; established sometime after 1870 and named for T.F. Prettyman (1853- ), who owned the land on which it was built Topos show an isolated railroad point. Newspapers.com is for last names and a Prettyman Road, nothing on Google book or Google to disprove the statement that this was a railroad spur switch, not a community. WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG are not met. Hog Farm Talk 03:10, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 03:10, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 03:10, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * delete given that there's no source that actually says that there was something notable here. The topos and aerials show nothing, and I cannot even verify that there was a switch here, much less that it was a notable rail location. Mangoe (talk) 05:25, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - I found neither evidence of notabillity for Prettyman, Missouri, nor anything indicating it even exists as a settlement / populated place. The name is distinctive enough where something should show up if it actually exists. Example of representative searches are:
 * I. Google Scholar - some searches
 * A. "Your search - "Prettyman, Missouri" - did not match any articles."
 * B. "Your search - "Prettyman Missouri" - did not match any articles."
 * C. "Prettyman" and "Missouri" - found that the surname Prettyman is found among Univeristy of Missouri alumni and Missouri judges.
 * II. JSTOR - "No results found"
 * III. GEOREF - "No results were found"
 * IV. Google Search - some searches
 * A. "Prettyman Missouri" and ("Prettyman" and "Missouri")- both searches yielded seemingly infinite number of hits for clickbait recycled from the "Prettyman, Missouri" Wikipedia page.
 * B. "Prettyman" and "Missouri" and "cultural resources" - archaeologist named Prettyman, who worked in Missouri.
 * C. "Prettyman" and "Missouri" and "archaeological" - archaeologist named Prettyman, who worked in Missouri. Paul H. (talk) 03:34, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * IV. Google Search - some searches
 * A. "Prettyman Missouri" and ("Prettyman" and "Missouri")- both searches yielded seemingly infinite number of hits for clickbait recycled from the "Prettyman, Missouri" Wikipedia page.
 * B. "Prettyman" and "Missouri" and "cultural resources" - archaeologist named Prettyman, who worked in Missouri.
 * C. "Prettyman" and "Missouri" and "archaeological" - archaeologist named Prettyman, who worked in Missouri. Paul H. (talk) 03:34, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:MILL - according to reference # 2, it is "A switch on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad ...." In my humble opinion, lots of places are not notable. Bearian (talk) 18:53, 29 January 2021 (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.