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The result was keep. Per consensus reached and work done by SportingFlyer. (non-admin closure) NNADIGOODLUCK ( Talk| Contribs) 09:05, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Sulphur Springs, Oregon
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For once the GNIS properly marks this as a locale. GMaps shows very sparse residences, not evidence of a notable community: topo maps mark a Sulphur Springs in a smaller font than the populated place of North Fork. Newspapers.com results are for one of the same name near Corvallis. Reywas92 Talk 06:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Reywas92 Talk 06:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. Reywas92 Talk 06:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Comment At least one newspaper article verifies it: [1] Will keep looking. SportingFlyer T· C 06:34, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] with [8] and this showing it was populated and had a school in 1932 and had a hotel in [9] 1921 (though this and this says you could stay at a ranch). This obit says someone was born there in 1879. This says 25 new families moved into the area in 1931. I seem to have just scratched the surface on this as well. The trick will be to write a valid article out of all of these. Mentions really drop off after World War 2. SportingFlyer T· C 06:55, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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SportingFlyer: I note that there appears to be more than one "Sulphur Springs" in Oregon (e.g.
[10]), so for those of us without newspapers.com access could you perhaps clip an article(s) that verifies this settlement's existence at that location, as clips are publicly accessible?----
Pontificalibus 09:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- @ Pontificalibus: There only appears to be one settlement as the other Sulphur Springs is a health spa/arboretum/natural feature near Corvallis, while these are all about the settlement on the Smith River. Never clipped before, will try to remember to do it soon, just checking in right now. Also, I have newspapers.com access thru my Wikipedia library card, so it's something you should look into for yourself. SportingFlyer T· C 09:13, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- The article definitely needs to say Mrs. Sarah Dailey visited her daughter the week of April 2, 1932. I'll be sure to filter by date in future searches. Reywas92 Talk 20:08, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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SportingFlyer: I note that there appears to be more than one "Sulphur Springs" in Oregon (e.g.
[10]), so for those of us without newspapers.com access could you perhaps clip an article(s) that verifies this settlement's existence at that location, as clips are publicly accessible?----
Pontificalibus 09:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure
User:Reywas92 is just doing this because I hurt his feelings in another deletion discussion by pointing out a guideline I think he needed to start following. Regardless, If this wind up getting deleted, I'd be fine with it, but I'm confident in my skills as an editor.
Americanfreedom (
talk) 19:43, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- My feelings are perfectly fine, and I'll call the shitty GNIS shitty all I want, or should I wash my mouth out with soap for saying a dirty word? Looks like this was a settlement then but this is hardly the only marginal stub.
Reywas92
Talk 20:08, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- 1. WP:CIVIL 2. According to WP:GEOLAND "Even abandoned places can be notable, because notability encompasses their entire history. Americanfreedom ( talk) 20:52, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- My feelings are perfectly fine, and I'll call the shitty GNIS shitty all I want, or should I wash my mouth out with soap for saying a dirty word? Looks like this was a settlement then but this is hardly the only marginal stub.
Reywas92
Talk 20:08, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep per the evidence found by SportingFlyer. We now have evidence through plenty of sources that this was a real and substantial community. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 01:43, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep per SportingFlyer's excellent presentation that this was an actual community. There is inherent notability in population centers even if they no longer exist. Oakshade ( talk) 03:59, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep. GNIS indicates that there was the U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Springs Post Office (historical). Cxbrx ( talk) 17:37, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
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