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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 23:51, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
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PROD was contested on the grounds that geographic nominations are usually controversial. I don't think there's anything controversial in saying this is a non-notable and not generally recognized location. Zero mentions could be found in local press or any books; only reference 4 has any information at all, which is basically copy-pasted into the article. Birchfield does show up on the 1936 Yakima East USGS topo map: [1], as an intersection near the tracks with a couple of buildings. There is now a Birchfield Road through the area; every hit I got for Birchfield was for the road, not any "community". Fails WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 23:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Washington. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 23:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment one of the references is just left over from the hasty copy of Ashue. James.folsom ( talk) 20:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Delete I hate not knowing what it was, but there is not a trace of it's existence.
James.folsom (
talk)
21:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Birchfield, Yethonat, Farron, Holt, Moxee, and Gleed were freight stations on the Northern Pacific Railway. Compare
Farron, Washington (
AfD discussion).
Uncle G (
talk)
03:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Uncle G. I couldn't figure out what Yethonat was either. It had zero mentions in the paper. So I prodded it. James.folsom ( talk) 22:37, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Birchfield, Yethonat, Farron, Holt, Moxee, and Gleed were freight stations on the Northern Pacific Railway. Compare
Farron, Washington (
AfD discussion).
Uncle G (
talk)
03:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- delete The oldest topo I found lists this as "Birchfield Sta" and I was able to get to the station listing page via Wayback, where it claims it to be a town but gives no justification for that statement. Certainly the oldest aerial I found doesn't support this. Mangoe ( talk) 04:31, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 23:51, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
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- Birchfield, Washington ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log | edits since nomination)
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PROD was contested on the grounds that geographic nominations are usually controversial. I don't think there's anything controversial in saying this is a non-notable and not generally recognized location. Zero mentions could be found in local press or any books; only reference 4 has any information at all, which is basically copy-pasted into the article. Birchfield does show up on the 1936 Yakima East USGS topo map: [1], as an intersection near the tracks with a couple of buildings. There is now a Birchfield Road through the area; every hit I got for Birchfield was for the road, not any "community". Fails WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 23:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Washington. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 23:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment one of the references is just left over from the hasty copy of Ashue. James.folsom ( talk) 20:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Delete I hate not knowing what it was, but there is not a trace of it's existence.
James.folsom (
talk)
21:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Birchfield, Yethonat, Farron, Holt, Moxee, and Gleed were freight stations on the Northern Pacific Railway. Compare
Farron, Washington (
AfD discussion).
Uncle G (
talk)
03:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Uncle G. I couldn't figure out what Yethonat was either. It had zero mentions in the paper. So I prodded it. James.folsom ( talk) 22:37, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Birchfield, Yethonat, Farron, Holt, Moxee, and Gleed were freight stations on the Northern Pacific Railway. Compare
Farron, Washington (
AfD discussion).
Uncle G (
talk)
03:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- delete The oldest topo I found lists this as "Birchfield Sta" and I was able to get to the station listing page via Wayback, where it claims it to be a town but gives no justification for that statement. Certainly the oldest aerial I found doesn't support this. Mangoe ( talk) 04:31, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
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