Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashton Corners, Wisconsin

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The result was redirect to Ashton, Wisconsin. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:17, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ashton Corners, Wisconsin

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Just a cross-roads near Ashton, Wisconsin according to the reference cited in the article. GNIS is not a reliable source for whether a place is populated and anyway does not meet the requirement for legal recognition under WP:GEOLAND#1 per WP:GNIS. The Wisconsin historical society page linked in the article is a search-link (i.e., not a page that would have been archived and maybe never a real page) that goes to a 404 page. Checking the location on GMaps plainly appears to be a cross-roads with a restaurant/bar and petrol station (that do not give their addresses as Ashton Corners but instead as Middleton and/or County Road K). Apparently a traffic accident happened near there once, and another time, and a robbery, but otherwise the usual obituary pages and so-forth.

One of many thousands of of articles about "unincorporated communities" on Wikipedia that in reality just cross-roads/railway stations/sidings/mines etc. Wikipedia is not a gazetteer and we do not just list every place, or even every populated place, but only those that either pass WP:GNG or WP:GEOLAND#1. We really shouldn't have a situation where deleting these articles requires 10 or 20 times more times than creating them did. FOARP (talk) 09:05, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:13, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:13, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Ashton, Wisconsin. Ashton Corners itself isn't much more than a crossroads, and there aren't really any sources to base an article on. That being said, it takes its name from nearby Ashton, which is an actual community with schools, a historic church, and a local baseball team. There's not really anything to merge, but it seems worth keeping the redirect around as a search target. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 05:12, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. If already redirect to Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin as both Ashton and Ashton Corners are incorporated communities in the Town of Springfield. One is more notable, for sure. Takes the name from redirecting worries me, as places in North America, Oceania, and South America often take their names from places in Europe. I'm still considering if this can be kept. gidonb (talk) 16:07, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The legally approved 2019 plan of the Town of Springfield satisfies the "legal recognition" requirement for this populated place. Thus Ashton Corners meets WP:GEOLAND #1. The document also contains a lot of information to work with when expanding the article, including an entry on Ashton Corners. gidonb (talk) 16:48, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Simply being named in a town plan as a place where a few houses and a gas station are, within a larger community, is not being "legally recognised" per WP:GEOLAND#1. E.g., incorporation, or at least some evidence of self-governance is needed for that, and this basically just shows that it is part of a larger community. Even if it were, you still need to have enough content to actually write an encyclopaedia article about it (because Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia) which there isn't. Also fails WP:GNG for lack of multiple instances of significant coverage in reliable sources. FOARP (talk) 19:23, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per TheCatalyst31. --JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 20:36, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per TheCatalyst31 Djflem (talk) 15:15, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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