Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/West Muncie, Indiana

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The result was redirect‎ to Yorktown, Indiana. ✗plicit 14:38, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

West Muncie, Indiana

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This is an edge case given that the history cited in the article does actually have a section on this place. But what it says is almost completely at odds with the picture of this as a 19th century-founded town that's still a going concern: what it says is that yes, a town was founded, and quickly failed. I haven't seen as egregious a misrepresentation of a cited source in these discussions since the days of going over the California articles. (To be clear, the original author wasn't responsible for this; the citation was added later by another.) One could make an argument from WP:GEOLAND that since the documentation is there, an article must be written; I say this is a clear WP:GNG fail, and an example of why GEOLAND is a bad guideline. And as a rule we haven't kept articles on failed settlements unless the failure itself was notable. Mangoe (talk) 12:07, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Indiana. Skynxnex (talk) 13:27, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to ~~Muncie, Indiana~~ Yorktown, Indiana: Normally I'm all in on deleting stub articles about minor places, but reference 4 has enough to say about this failed settlement that a line or two could probably be added to the ~~Muncie~~ article. Agree with nom that saying this place "is" a community is highly misleading. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 21:35, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually @WeirdNAnnoyed: I see this should be redirected to Yorktown, Indiana#History where the story of the town's failure is related; also, the location falls within Yorktown, whereas the spot is some five miles outside Muncie proper. Mangoe (talk) 00:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, updated my redirect target accordingly. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 20:25, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Yorktown, Indiana#History. There is enough to confirm that this was a (proposed) settlement even if it has no separate existence anymore. Eluchil404 (talk) 22:52, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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