Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Remillard, California


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 07:47, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Remillard, California

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A railroad facility on the Southern Pacific RR, serving the Remillard brick works. Not a community, it was an industrial rail station. No other indications that it meets basic threshold for notability. Glendoremus (talk) 05:03, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Glendoremus (talk) 05:14, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Glendoremus (talk) 05:14, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. There's no evidence of notabillity for this entity. Fails WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG Paul H. (talk) 01:38, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Paul H.: I'm just curious, where did you look for evidence? Articles_for_deletion says "When making your case or responding to others, explain how the article meets/violates policy rather than merely stating that it meets/violates the policy." I've seen a number of comments from you in AfDs that are all fairly generic and don't indicate where you looked.  Mainly I'd like to know where other people have looked for evidence so that I can look in other places. Thanks. Cxbrx (talk) 03:11, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Essentially, my sources are mainly JSTOR, Goggle Scholar, USGS historic topographic maps, Ebsco History Reference Center, and Proquest- History Vault. Being faculty has its nontransferable advantages. As far as sounding "generic," there are not many different ways a person can say that they looked for and found nothing indicating that an entity meets the basic threshold for notability. To pass WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG, it is up to someone to provide affirmative evidence that an community meets basic threshold for notability, or even exists in some cases, as it is impossible for either Glendoremus, I, or anyone else to prove a negative. If people are unable to find and present any proof that there is anything notiable about either an entity, locale, or community, it by definition fails WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG.
 * Thanks, it is a big help to me to know where you looked. I know what you mean about nontransferable advantages, I was staff at a university for many years so I had library access.  Fortunately, my local public library offers free access to a few Ebsco and Proquest resources.  Cxbrx (talk) 15:21, 18 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. No post office. Searching newspapers.com for '"Remillard Station" in California' and 'Remillard Stanley Bernal in California' yielded nothing of note.  Searching Google Books for '"Remillard Station"' yielded a citation for "Alameda County Place Names" which I added to the article (GNIS also cites this book).  Searching Google Books for "Remillard Alameda" found some trivial mentions of the station.  Google Books, points out Baker (1914), "Past and Present of Alameda County, California," which yielded nothing.  Cxbrx (talk) 15:39, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Additional Comments The 1953-1969 1:24,000 scale USGS historic maps show a well-developed, presumaby industrial railroad siding network and associated buildings at the location specified for Remillard, California. The 1943 1:62,500 scale USGS historic map also shows same railroad facility and indicates that it was named Remillard. The buildings are missing on later maps and the asociated track network disappear soon after 1969. These maps are consitent with the finding of the nom.


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