Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Viewland, California


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The result was delete. Tone 10:10, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Viewland, California

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Here is a case illustrating the peril of taking passing reference to a town too seriously. This book states that Viewland is a "town" lying on US 395 at a certain point, and it is easy enough to tell that the author isn't reporting on having passed through an actual settlement a few years before the book's 2010 publication, because one can pull up the aerial photos from the period and see that there was nothing whatsoever there at the time. Old enough topos show that Viewland was a siding on the SP Modoc line, and before that on the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway, the predecessor narrow gauge line. The Modoc line was abandoned almost as soon as the SP-UP merger went through, and parts of it have gone rails-to-trails, including a section starting around here. There apparently was some talk of putting in a power substation somewhere nearby. But there's no town, and I can find no evidence that there ever was a town. Mangoe (talk) 02:36, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.   // Timothy ::  talk  03:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.   // Timothy ::  talk  03:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. It seems there was an idea to build a community there in the 1950's, but it never happened.  // Timothy ::  talk  03:08, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 17:29, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom --<b style="color:#77b">Devoke</b><b style="color:#fb0">water</b>  @  16:58, 15 July 2020 (UTC)


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