Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Oxbow, New York


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:16, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

The Oxbow, New York

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Unclear what this place is or why it's notable. According to the Geographic Names Information System, The Oxbow is a locale, which according to their official definitions is a place that was the site of human activity but was not a populated place; while populated places are considered notable, that doesn't extend to all places that hosted human activity. I can't find any other sources to confirm this place's existence or determine what kind of human activity happened here; the closest I could find is a few references to an "Oxbow County Park" in the area, but that seems like it would be a different topic. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 17:24, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete I believe that is accurate, and without the presumed notability it would have to pass WP:GNG, which it doesn't. Prince of Thieves (talk) 19:47, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 20:16, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 20:16, 4 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. This appears to be a distinct bend in a road at a junction a junction of roads with an unusual pattern. No RS coverage found. Oxbow County Park is a disc golf course in another part of the same county. This is a database entry with no evidence of passing WP:NPLACE. • Gene93k (talk) 21:16, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:20, 4 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete fails notability. Sounds like the kind of place local high schoolers went to have keg parties in the 70's and 80's. ;) Elmmapleoakpine (talk) 19:46, 6 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment: Speculation above about it being a curved road seems incorrect.  Use Google maps to look at "Oxbow Road, Kirkville, Madison County, New York" or similar, and you can see a couple oxbow lakes as in completely cutoff sections of a river flowing into Oneida Lake, left behind when the river changed course.  Oxbows are more known for the  Mississippi River.  Oxbow Road runs by very loopy stretches of the river/streama and these oxbow lakes.   The Cicero Swamp and this area is very flat, swampy. --Doncram (talk) 02:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Look at a map of the place (42.98861°N, -75.57333°W), especially Google Maps satellite view. The roads look like an upside down oxbow.  Somebody at a predecessor of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency noticed it and now it's in the GNIS database as a locale of human activity. • Gene93k (talk) 02:59, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Argh. Right.  From Google maps view of that place, it looks like it is named for the curve in E. Hill Rd., which curves around a hill. --Doncram (talk) 03:40, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete because It does  not appear to be a notable oxbow.  But if kept, it needs a disambig hatnote.  Keeping would require a hatnote because the fact that it is in New York makes this article liable to confusion.  The Oxbow is a  painting  associated with the New York-centered Hudson River school of painters.   The Oxbow, is a view of The Oxbow (Connecticut River), a hatnote would be needed.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:32, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


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