- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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This article was created in 2021 as a catch-all target for redirects. What happened was this: several information-less stubs on nonexistent "unincorporated communities" such as Largo, California and El Roble, California were proposed for deletion, and it was suggested they all be redirected here rather than deleted outright, since documentation exists that these were actual stops on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. But in most cases that's all they were, non-notable sidings or flag stops, not "communities", and as a result this article on the "Ukiah area" is essentially just a list of non-notable railroad points; i.e. a WP:COATRACK (and an off-topic one at that). We already have a good article on Ukiah, California and Ukiah Valley; I don't see this as a sufficiently distinct topic to merit an article (the hand-drawn map does not impress me). The original stubs should have just been deleted, and so should this article. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 16:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and California. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 16:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:41, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Pinging unblocked participants from the related 2021 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Largo, California: @ Mangoe, JPxG, Uncle G, Pontificalibus, David Eppstein, Aymatth2, Hog Farm, MrsSnoozyTurtle, and Eggishorn czar 04:19, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. The sourcing does not convince me that this is a topic independently notable from Ukiah, California, Ukiah Valley, and Mendocino County, and even if we had such an article, the content as a catch-all for would-have-been-deleted railway stubs is not an important and encyclopedic aspect of this topic. — David Eppstein ( talk) 07:27, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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- Ukiah area ( | 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)
This article was created in 2021 as a catch-all target for redirects. What happened was this: several information-less stubs on nonexistent "unincorporated communities" such as Largo, California and El Roble, California were proposed for deletion, and it was suggested they all be redirected here rather than deleted outright, since documentation exists that these were actual stops on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. But in most cases that's all they were, non-notable sidings or flag stops, not "communities", and as a result this article on the "Ukiah area" is essentially just a list of non-notable railroad points; i.e. a WP:COATRACK (and an off-topic one at that). We already have a good article on Ukiah, California and Ukiah Valley; I don't see this as a sufficiently distinct topic to merit an article (the hand-drawn map does not impress me). The original stubs should have just been deleted, and so should this article. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 16:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and California. WeirdNAnnoyed ( talk) 16:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:41, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Pinging unblocked participants from the related 2021 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Largo, California: @ Mangoe, JPxG, Uncle G, Pontificalibus, David Eppstein, Aymatth2, Hog Farm, MrsSnoozyTurtle, and Eggishorn czar 04:19, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. The sourcing does not convince me that this is a topic independently notable from Ukiah, California, Ukiah Valley, and Mendocino County, and even if we had such an article, the content as a catch-all for would-have-been-deleted railway stubs is not an important and encyclopedic aspect of this topic. — David Eppstein ( talk) 07:27, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.