Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zig, Missouri


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The result was delete. czar 06:05, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Zig, Missouri

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GNIS calls it a "populated place", which doesn't necessarily mean a WP:GEOLAND pass anyway (only legally recognized populated places get a GEOLAND pass. After further research, it's pretty clear this was a short-lived fourth-class post office, not a community.  The Missouri State Historical Society calls it a post office, as does a 1911 history of the county it was in .  The post office apparently closed in 1908, so the 1911 history would be a good indication if it was a town.  Nothing on the 1963 small-scale topo.  Google maps takes me to what appears to be a farm compound.  It looks like this was nothing more than a post office ever, so it doesn't meet WP:GEOLAND. WP:GNG is also not met. GNIS is not a reliable source, folks. They just pulled a bunch of names off of topo maps, without checking to make sure they were actually towns. Hog Farm Bacon 01:42, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 01:42, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 01:42, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Keep it is not a made up area. it was notable in 1908 so it is notable in 2020. Present day map shows and interest. Lightburst (talk) 01:52, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - Can you point me to what part of WP:GEOLAND this passes? It was never a legally recognized place that I can tell: it wasn't unusual in rural areas to have the post office out in the middle of nowhere. It falls under populated places without legal recognition, which requires a WP:GNG pass, which I'm not seeing.  Just seeing namechecks and a few brief descriptions. Hog Farm Bacon 02:09, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Please be aware that the present day Google maps just imports data from GNIS, it is not a separate or necessarily reliable source! It also still labels our favorite industrial rail spurs as communities! I fail to see how it was notable in 1908, just a place where people collected their mail, no results in newspapers.com. Reywas92Talk 05:05, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * delete Actually it's worse: GMaps imposts data from the English WP. At any rate, I see exactly the same results: a rural area with no concentration of population, and a single farm picked out which presumably belonged to Mr. Ziegler a century ago. Mangoe (talk) 17:50, 15 September 2020 (UTC)


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