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The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 10:33, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
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Unable to find on topo. Probably was a couple of buildings or a railroad siding. If someone in this discussion can find on topo, let me know. Source is not valid. Either way, not really notable at all. Cutlass Ciera 14:56, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Cutlass Ciera 14:56, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and West Virginia. Hey man im josh ( talk) 15:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Comment. This appears to be another case of what the USGS called a "locale." See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coal, West Virginia. A locale was a named place with permanent human-made buildings or structures, distinguished from a populated place. These entries have all disappeared from the GNIS database. No evidence that Eye, West Virginia was a settlement even from the USGS. • Gene93k ( talk) 16:08, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Delete Anything made by User:Vanished user 7b1215e7ef746ac20682e3dbe03f5b84 is inherently suspect and unreliable. He had an extensive history of bulk-creating articles from the GNIS with disregard to the places' legitimacy as actual communities or notability (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monkey Box, Florida, among many others). Reywas92 Talk 18:36, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: according to U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832–1971, there was an Eye post office from September 11, 1889 to March 15, 1904, with postmaster David Amick. When it was discontinued (February 24, 1904) the mail was redirected to Snow Hill. I searched for an Eye on several old topographical maps in the neighborhood of Snow Hill (useful resource, the USGS map locator will list maps including or near any point you pin on a map, some around, or even before 1900, others mid-century, and up to the present), and did not find it. It should have been somewhere nearby, if the mail was redirected to Snow Hill; since it is not shown on any of the maps of this period, it must have been very ephemeral—perhaps just the name of the post office. Often post offices are named for the postmaster or a member of his family, but "Eye" doesn't sound like someone's name. So not much help here! P Aculeius ( talk) 13:50, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. No indication of notability. The fact that there might be sources that might indicate that there was a locale of that name at some point in history does not establish notability. Actualcpscm ( talk) 08:44, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 10:33, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
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- Eye, West Virginia ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Unable to find on topo. Probably was a couple of buildings or a railroad siding. If someone in this discussion can find on topo, let me know. Source is not valid. Either way, not really notable at all. Cutlass Ciera 14:56, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Cutlass Ciera 14:56, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and West Virginia. Hey man im josh ( talk) 15:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Comment. This appears to be another case of what the USGS called a "locale." See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coal, West Virginia. A locale was a named place with permanent human-made buildings or structures, distinguished from a populated place. These entries have all disappeared from the GNIS database. No evidence that Eye, West Virginia was a settlement even from the USGS. • Gene93k ( talk) 16:08, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Delete Anything made by User:Vanished user 7b1215e7ef746ac20682e3dbe03f5b84 is inherently suspect and unreliable. He had an extensive history of bulk-creating articles from the GNIS with disregard to the places' legitimacy as actual communities or notability (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monkey Box, Florida, among many others). Reywas92 Talk 18:36, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: according to U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832–1971, there was an Eye post office from September 11, 1889 to March 15, 1904, with postmaster David Amick. When it was discontinued (February 24, 1904) the mail was redirected to Snow Hill. I searched for an Eye on several old topographical maps in the neighborhood of Snow Hill (useful resource, the USGS map locator will list maps including or near any point you pin on a map, some around, or even before 1900, others mid-century, and up to the present), and did not find it. It should have been somewhere nearby, if the mail was redirected to Snow Hill; since it is not shown on any of the maps of this period, it must have been very ephemeral—perhaps just the name of the post office. Often post offices are named for the postmaster or a member of his family, but "Eye" doesn't sound like someone's name. So not much help here! P Aculeius ( talk) 13:50, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. No indication of notability. The fact that there might be sources that might indicate that there was a locale of that name at some point in history does not establish notability. Actualcpscm ( talk) 08:44, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
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