Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merna Mora

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 keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 00:34, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merna Mora[edit]

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What makes this notable? Djcheburashka (talk) 02:55, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep What makes it notable is the two references now in the article, plus significant coverage of this 130,000 acre sheep station in many books shown in a Google Books search. Instead of deleting this article (always the last resort), it should be expanded and improved. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:14, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Australian stations are the social and historical equivalent of unincorporated areas in the USA. By US example there are 1,719 unincorporated communities in Kentucky. Every one of these has a WP article - most articles are smaller and have fewer citations than has Merna Mora. The Merna Mora article is a recently created stub, but it is adequately referenced. The subject has a history going back to the 1890s and has a significant position geographically and within the modern outback enviro-tourism industry. A Google search confirms its social currency. The fact that the proponent for deletion is not familiar with the subject is not a reason for deletion on a question of notability. The fact that the proponent obviously nominated this for deletion with no further research to confirm lack of notability is more of a worry. If the proponent is serious about this, then there are 1,057 articles on unincorporated communities in Texas, or 2,660 articles on unincorporated communities in Virginia, many of them one-liners, that should receive attention before worrying about the notability of Australian stations. John beta (talk) 06:34, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per argument above. Hughesdarren (talk) 08:46, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:05, 14 November 2014 (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.