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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Bungle ^{( talk • contribs)} 18:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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Looking at the topos, they show part of a mining district which at some times shows some scattered buildings; later maps show a different name, Loraine, close by, and "Sand Canyon" as a label disappears. (FWIW Loraine on the earlier maps is located a bit to the west.) My sense is of a fairly vague locale served by a post office that moved around and had its name changed, though I can't prove that. What I do see is that searching hardly brings up anything except name drops and false hits. From what I can see it fails verification. Mangoe ( talk) 13:52, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 13:54, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 13:54, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

• note I've clarified how Loraine figures in this above. I haven't nominated it for now because, on the ground, it looks a little like a town, but from a documentation PoV it's not clear that it's a notable settlement. Mangoe ( talk) 21:48, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply
• Comment Loraine lies within the Loraine Mining District. The Loraine Mining District includes a canyon, which was once / is called "Sand Canyon." Go see;

1. Wilkerson, Gregg. "Geology and Mining of the Kern County, Lake Isabella and Walker Basin, Kern County California". - page 132-134, 147

2. Troxel, Bonnie W. and Morton, Paul K., 1962, Mines and Mineral Resources of Kern County, California: California. Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 1.

3. Juan Dos Mines, Loraine, Loraine Mining District, Kern Co., California.

4. Bella Rufin Mine, Twin Oaks, Loraine Mining District, Kern Co., California. Paul H. ( talk) 21:56, 30 January 2021 (UTC) reply

• Keep for now. I don't think this is a hoax, but an unincorporated community. Google maps seems to have a "Sand Canyon road" near the " Twin Oaks Community Church". I found this link [1] which says Unincorporated communities of Bird Springs, Horse Canyon, Loraine, Sand Canyon and Twin Oaks. If I check the USGS, there is a populated place and a valley (roughly lying alongside the Sand Canyon road I can see on Google maps). I am inclined to keep it.-- DreamLinker ( talk) 14:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC) reply
• Keep. Based on others' comments and sources, it is apparently a settlement. Also, by the way, it is helpful to differentiate this vs. another notable Sand Canyon in California. The notability of both of them was discussed somewhat in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sand Canyon, Los Angeles County, California (which closed with keeping of the other one). Enough AFDs about the Sand Canyons for now, please. -- Doncram ( talk) 02:01, 19 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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