Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whalon Lake


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The result was keep. ✗ plicit  05:16, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Whalon Lake

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There is no sources from any news company, and nothing here that point's to it being notable. Lectrician2 (talk) 04:20, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment - Seems to have over 1,000 results on Newspapers.com among IL papers, including the Chicago Tribune. Sources like this would establish some level of notability, but I'm concerned a BEFORE search was not completed here.  Sounder Bruce  05:02, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * A BEFORE search was completed, but I don't see that source to be of much value. If you can find a source stating something that would make it notable, not just a plain bike path refurbishment like any other forest preserve, I'm all for keeping it up. But during my BEFORE search, I did not come across any article that would establish it's notability to that level. Lectrician2 (talk) 05:33, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is kind of a strange interpretation of WP:GNG (it's a lake, so of course the coverage is going to be "like any other" lake). I've added several newspaper sources; if there is some reason these don't meet notability guidelines I would be glad to strike my !vote, but I do not see any. jp×g 05:54, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions.  Sounder  Bruce  05:02, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. I checked Gale via WP:TWL and there are several sources from the Daily Herald about significant development around the lake:   . I cannot access Newspapers.com but if there are over a thousand results there should certainly be a good selection there as well.  ev iolite   (talk)  06:01, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  ev iolite   (talk)  06:04, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - along with the above, add in, , etc. Not the strongest lake article we'll ever have, but I think we've got enough here to scrape by WP:GEOLAND #4. Hog Farm Talk 06:09, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Article has been improved since the deletion nomination. Appears to be enough sourcing to pass WP:GEOLAND. NemesisAT (talk) 10:32, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Hog Farm. FOARP (talk) 11:08, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


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