Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilsons Corner, Virginia

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 13:26, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wilsons Corner, Virginia

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Nominated in the Allen Shop Corner AfD but not mentioned past that. Looks to be a road corner near someone's house?

Possibly relevant newspaper results: https://www.newspapers.com/image/189488974/?terms=%22Wilsons%20Corner%22%20Amelia%20County&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/230810974/?terms=%22Wilsons%20Corner%22%20Amelia%20County&match=1 wizzito | say hello! 04:26, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. wizzito | say hello! 04:26, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. wizzito | say hello! 04:26, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTGAZETTEER, particularly the basis in the GNIS database, which is unreliable for whether a place was populated or not and anyway does not confer the legal recognition required by WP:GEOLAND #1 since it is simply a list of geographic feature names. No evidence of a WP:GNG pass either. Interestingly this printout of GNIS from the early 1980's describes it as a "locale".

I'd like to take this opportunity to emphasise again that, even if it were populated at some point, we would still need evidence of legal recognition by e.g., incorporation for this to be a WP:GEOLAND #1 pass. FOARP (talk) 08:54, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Appears to just be a named intersection, fails WP:GEOLAND. –dlthewave ☎ 00:05, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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