Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Country Store, Virginia


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:42, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

The Country Store, Virginia

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I have absolutely no idea what this is. GNIS entry is sourced to a county highway map. Name does not appear on topos, which seem to show a small planned neighborhood with no name given on the topos. Newspapers.com results are for literal stores. This looks promising, but the intersection stated to be the store's location is further southwest, near the local school. I just don't know what this is, but there doesn't seem to be a WP:GEOLAND-passing community at the site. Hog Farm Bacon 03:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 03:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 03:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. As nearly as I can determine, the "country store" here is "Greenwood Antiques", in a historical building called the "Greenwood Country Store", and located in Crozet, Virginia rather than neighboring Greenwood. The original building (since replaced) is old enough that it may have been designated for postal service back when the post office did that, but I see no evidence of an unincorporated community apart from that. The coordinates in the article do match the description of the intersection this structure is on in the article linked above by Hog Farm. In short, I do not think there is a community here distinct from Greenwood and Crozet, and the building that this probably refers to does not seem to be a listed historical structure or the like. It does have history, just not the kind that earns a Wikipedia article. 50.248.248.233 (talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete Mass-produced unverfied junk. There are 2,500 pages in Category:Unincorporated communities in Virginia so let's please just bulk redirect (or prod) these rather than have an unending stream of time-wasting AFDs. Too many are neighborhoods or subdivisions or not populated places at all, and it's easy to see those that have not gotten any attention in the decade+ since bulk-creation. Reywas92Talk 07:11, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Just clicking on three random articles in on the first page of that cat, Amonate, Assawoman, and Axton all have their own post office and ZIP code and clearly satisfy GEOLAND. Strong oppose any bulk solution for the cat. I agree this particular article fails, though. Smartyllama (talk) 22:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: I am not surprised this location showed up in GNIS from appearing on a state county map.  In Articles for deletion/Germans Corner, Virginia, I learned that Virginia county maps in rural counties can include a lot of locales that may not be notable for purposes of having a separate "unincorporated community" article on Wikipedia.--Milowent • hasspoken  16:07, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - I think this must have been created in error. Bearian (talk) 21:23, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per above but oppose any bulk solution to all the items in the cat since many of them are clearly notable. Smartyllama (talk) 21:59, 11 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.