Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Halfway, Wyoming

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:05, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Halfway, Wyoming

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I can find nothing else about this place than that there was a post office there. Topos and aerials show a pair of farmsteads/ranches and nothing more. Mangoe (talk) 02:13, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 02:17, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wyoming-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 02:19, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I've found a source that describes some history about the place, about there being a school, the residents, and how it got its name. It must've been notable at one point. There's also a passing mention in this source that describes it as a community. Waddles 🗩 🖉 03:24, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak Delete~~ (Flip to Weak Keep per new sources) - WP:GEOLAND requires that this place be one of two things - either a legally-recognised community, or that it be able to pass WP:GNG (which require multiple instances of significant coverage). In this case neither is true. Simply having a school-house/post-office does not show legal recognition, as these may be located literally anywhere (e.g., between two communities to serve both). For legal recognition you'd typically want some evidence of it being self-governing in some way, which is not present here. The two links provided above at best show one instance of significant coverage (a low-res image of a photo with a description that can just about be read). The second is obviously not significant coverage of the subject because it simply mentions it in a list. @WaddlesJP13: - If a second source is found with significant coverage, ping me and I'll consider changing my vote. FOARP (talk) 10:29, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@FOARP: These links might not exactly be a source or that useful, but this is a book about a family from Halfway, and this is a book about the post office in Halfway. The books themselves could possibly be used as sources but those are just websites where they can be purchased from. Here is the Halfway Post Office at the Green River Valley Museum, though only a photo and just some context about the book about the post office going to be published. The community and post office clearly have some historical significance and there's good coverage, but unfortunately the free coverage that can be used as sources is scarce. Here's a very miniscule amount of coverage on the post office (just barely), though. The Pinedale Online site seems to mention this place a whole lot. Waddles 🗩 🖉 16:26, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @WaddlesJP13:. The first book I'm not sure about because it's not clear who published it, the second is published by the museum who will hopefully have done at least basic fact-checking/editing so it's not exactly a self-published book. Since another source appears to exist, per WP:NEXIST that's sufficient to keep with the photo you provided. None of this is great but it's just enough to keep. FOARP (talk) 17:32, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Waddles' sources. –dlthewave ☎ 05:20, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG per Waddles. Apears to be a ranching community, as a lot of cattle and horses were branded here. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 13:43, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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