Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bowling Green, Kansas

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete‎. Note this wasn't a bundled nomination, as none of the other pages had an AfD template linking to this discussion (some had an AfD template, but it linked to different discussions). On this basis, this deletion consensus only applies to Bowling Green. Daniel (talk) 19:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bowling Green, Kansas

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As stated in the lead, this appears to be a ghost town. There is a source saying there was a post office that closed in 1870. Otherwise, I can't find any evidence of this town existing. See also: Hackett, Kansas; McCandless, Kansas; Pansy, Kansas; Shermansville, Kansas; Dennison, Kansas; Forrest Home, Kansas; Pleasant Hill, Kansas; Garlington, Kansas; Coburn, Kansas; and Greenwood, Kansas. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 20:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Kansas. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 20:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Respectively:
Garlington, Kansas

Village, per Gannett 1898, p. 93, which only gives gazetteer details, however.

Pleasant Hill, Kansas

Hamlet, per Blackmar 1912, p. 482 which gives a few facts.

Pansy, Kansas

Hamlet, per Blackmar 1912, p. 441 which gives a few facts.

Bowling Green, Kansas

Documented rural post office. It's in Dallas 1880, p. 258. The source does not state that it is anything more than a post office.

Shermansville, Kansas

Documented rural post office. It's in Dallas 1880, p. 257. The source does not state that it is anything more than a post office.

Coburn, Kansas

Foster Dwight Coburn is notable. But this is a largely undocumented claimed rural post office. Zero sources found indicating any sort of population centre, or a connection to Foster Dwight.

Hackett, Kansas

Largely undocumented claimed rural post office. Zero sources found indicating any sort of population centre. Reuben Hackett is notable. This is not the site of the Hackett farm, however.

Dennison, Kansas

Largely undocumented claimed rural post office. Zero sources found indicating any sort of population centre. The Woodlief post office synthesis is not supported by the source in the article, and I've found no connection to the probably notable William H. Woodlief whom I found biographies of in two history books from two different centuries.

McCandless, Kansas

Largely undocumented claimed rural post office. Zero sources found indicating any sort of population centre.

Forrest Home, Kansas

Largely undocumented claimed rural post office. Zero sources found indicating any sort of population centre.
- Dallas, E. J. (1880-03-29). Kansas Postal History. Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. Vol. 2. Topeka: George W. Martin.
- Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Vol. 2. Standard publishing Company.
- Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Bulletin. Vol. 154. Washington: United States Geological Survey.
Uncle G (talk) 02:35, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You're my hero today, Uncle G. Take care, Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 03:24, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No suitable sources to write an article is failing WP:NRVJames.folsom (talk) 23:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Bowling Green. The only remaining source states it was a postal site for less than two years, and my research has been fruitless. No evidence of a community here.

The remaining places "bundled" here probably shouldn't be bundled, as the Wikipedia community has previously rejected mass-bundling of geographical sites at AFD. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:43, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.