Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flag, Missouri

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The result was no consensus. The article has been altered to show it as an extinct community, and discussion seems to have petered out; I can't read consensus on the issue, but I don't see any benefit to relisting it for a third time. GirthSummit _(blether) 14:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Flag, Missouri[edit]

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Non-notable GNIS error. The State Historical Society calls it a post office and possibly a flag station, although there was also a Flag School in the area. Modern Taney County history doesn't mention it. I'm not finding any meaningful results on Google books, although it's hard to search for. Google maps has no idea where this place is, and it doesn't seem to appear on any topos, which isn't all that surprising, since the GNIS entry is sourced to an old plat book. Before decrying that WP:ITSNOTABLE, please find clear proof that this passes WP:GEOLAND - That it was legally recognized as a community. A post office and a school don't necessarily indicate it, especially since we can't prove they were even at the same place (GNIS has no coords for the school). Hog Farm _Bacon 03:34, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 03:34, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 03:34, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per my post on Sagrada: there's no reason why a suitably-motivated person wouldn't be capable of finding out more about the place, the GNIS entry and historical records pretty reliably establish that the place does/did exist, obviously not a hoax or contentious in any way -- nobody's going to get misled by this article existing. At absolute worst, I'd say to merge it into the page for the county it's from. Moreover, I don't think Google Maps is a reliable source on historical information about places that did/didn't exist if they're small enough... jp×g 05:25, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I think it would probably have been better to BUNDLE these nominations, since they all proceed from the same general premises, and arguments that are valid for one will be valid similarly for the others. jp×g 05:25, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, GNIS is not a reliable source for establishing the existence of a community, and there is no other evidence that this was one. As a result, it fails WP:GEOLAND, and it also fails WP:GNG as there is no sourcing that would cause it to pass GNG. Devonian Wombat (talk) 05:39, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: "Flag" is indeed a hard place name to search for. But a quick look in the archives of Taney County Republican yielded a few right away, and I added two to the article as a start. It was considered an unincorporated Taney County community, to be sure. Here is the 1930 plat book [1]; you can see Flag to the west of Branson, in the Newtown township on the far left of the map.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 12:55, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article has been improved to show it was a rural community. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 19:17, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TheSandDoctor ^Talk 00:00, 13 October 2020 (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.