Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israel, West Virginia

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 08:43, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Israel, West Virginia

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This community is absolutely not notable. I wasn't able to find any information, let alone reliable sources. --Ireadbooks12 (talk) 09:43, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:08, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:08, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IT'S NAMED AFTER A LANDOWNER. THAT ALONE MAKES IT A FAMOUS PLACE! --2A01:36D:1200:6B6:61BC:45D9:2CEA:8AD5 (talk) 13:17, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- No, being named after a landowner does not make an unincorporated community automatically famous. Besides, the only claim (since removed) that this place was named after landowner "Heinrich Iz Rahel" came from an IP user citing an irrelevant source [1] that doesn't mention any such person. For all I know, the place could have been named after a Biblical land, a Biblical character, a modern-day country, or a Bee Gees song. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:32, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Article makes no claims of notability, and a quick search shows you likely won't find one. —FORMALDUDE ^(talk) 04:47, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. First appears on topos in 1907 as "Israel Church", and appears on and off over the years as either "Israel Church", "Israel", and "Israel Ch" (which I assume means "church"). This isn't named after a landowner; this is named after Mount Israel United Methodist Church, located right in the middle. Searches for the church show an article about its 100th anniversary, and databases list its address in either Tunnelton or just Preston County. Google Maps shows a few houses located in the area, but all addresses are for Tunnelton. While the area looks populated, it's safe to say this place doesn't exist. AdoTang (talk) 15:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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