Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bass Lake (Holly Springs, North Carolina)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Mediran (t • c) 00:20, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bass Lake (Holly Springs, North Carolina)

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Non-notable artificial lake. Notability (geographic features) says 'Named natural features are often notable...' but this is not a named natural feature and I can find no in depth coverage in independent sources. PROD was removed with the comment deproding, geographic features are notable. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:47, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The lake was destroyed by Hurricane Fran and later rebuilt, which generated news coverage (see here, here, here, here, and the second half of this article, though the last three are unfortunately paywalled). Some of the paywalled articles go into detail about the lake's history as well. Besides, geographic features such as lakes (including the more significant artificial ones) generally fall under Wikipedia's function as a gazetteer, as stated in the five pillars. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 13:13, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Wikipedia is also a gazeteer-thank you-RFD (talk) 22:22, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:13, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete small, local recreational facility, lacks notability. References above are more about the very notable Hurricane Fran. Any other coverage I could find was travel-guideish or was about another topic with the lake mentioned only in passing. The nomination is dead one. This does not meet notability guidelines defined for geographic features. Wikipedia is not a travel guide or local recreation guide. RadioFan (talk) 23:07, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Go Phightins! 01:13, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As per RadioFan. Anything useful could go in a section in Holly Springs. 1292simon (talk) 01:45, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The lake itself has received significant coverage in reliable sources, thus it passes WP:N. While Hurricane Fran is part of the stories, these articles are primarily about the lake itself:

A possible merge to Holly Springs, North Carolina could also be functional, per WP:PRESERVE. Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:21, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per above. - Ret.Prof (talk) 18:03, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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