Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skaar, North Dakota


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The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 06:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Skaar, North Dakota

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The picture in the article is of the farm that is all there is of Skaar, if you don't count the Lutheran church over in Montana that sits quite alone. Besides the church there is nothing that would suggest a town in anything I found: the GHits are down at clickbait levels; book hits include a cookbook from the church's ladies and one early settler who moved to Skaar before going elsewhere, and a geologic area of which it marks the west end. The road is named "Skaare" so I checked that as well, but but got nothing relevant. Mangoe (talk) 02:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:55, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Dakota-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:55, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - Skaar seems to be a common surname in North Dakota, implying that there may be more history to be added here in the future. (e.g. The ‘one early settler’ mentioned above claims to have left because of an influx of many more settlers.)   Perhaps the local historical society has some offline references that can be utilized to enhance this article. Jim Grisham (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - GNIS spam plus a passing mention in a book from an imprint that offers "custom publishing" (i.e., self-publishing). Fails WP:GEOLAND#1 as there's no evidence of legal recognition, fails GEOLAND#2 as there's no evidence of significant coverage. Appears to have been just a farm. "People had this as a surname" is not a valid keep rationale, this is not an article about the surname. "More settlers" does not mean more settlers at this particular location. "The local historical society might have sources" is also not a valid keep rationale since it is basically just WP:THEREMUSTBESOURCES. The WP:ONUS is on anyone wanting to keep content to show that it is supported. FOARP (talk) 09:20, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Unless you want to claim that people derieved their surname from being resident at this place, which would be to put forward an ahisotircal narrative on the nature of surnames in the United States, the number of times this name appears as a surname in the state where this community is located has no bearing. We have no reliable sources supporting this as a notable place.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:32, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete no reliable source information, and no facts to back up an assertion that people with this name have a whit to do with the town. Star   Mississippi  15:41, 12 January 2022 (UTC)


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