Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monument Park, Colorado

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Monument Park, Colorado[edit]

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Pull this up on GMaps and Google will offer you a reservation at the Mountain Lake Resort; older topos and aerials show a cluster of cabins rather than the current lodge building, but it's clear that this was never a town and always a vacation spot. Mangoe (talk) 14:38, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:52, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:52, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I fail to see how an editor looking at map can determine "it's clear that this was never a town" or community. How do you suppose the populated place name "Monument Park" was created, just someone's typo when they meant to record "Mountain Lake Resort"????? Given the beautiful park-like setting there, it seems far more plausible that the community there, on the side of "Monument Lake" was named "Monument Park".

And FWIW, from uncovercolorado.com page, "Monument Park is a little blink-and-you’ll-miss-it community located along the Highway of Legends in southern Colorado. It’s situated at the eastern base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, providing the region with endless outdoors. / The town is located in Las Animas County about 38 miles west of Trinidad on Highway 12. / Main Attractions: / Monument Lake – The gem of Monument Park is its namesake Monument Lake. The Monument Lake Resort manages the overnight accommodations and amenities at this lake. It’s open from mid May to mid September. There’s even dining on-site at the Lake View Restaurant, open daily during the season for breakfast, lunch and dinner."

I expect that here, as with other populated places in Colorado which were nominated to AFD in a big campaign, that off-line sources exist about the community back in mining/settlement era, etc. I trust the webpage creator about it being a community more than I trust the speculation in the AFD nomination.

See also similar Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puritan, Colorado and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Auburn, Colorado. In the latter, the deletion nominator never chose to reply to direct question about how they determined, contrary to sources, that there was never a community. wp:AFDISNOTFORCLEANUP. I don't like any of these. --Doncram (talk) 20:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The current or former status as a "community" or "town" is debatable; it currently appears to be a campground/RV park with a restaurant, and I couldn't find coverage for anything more significant that may have existed there in the past. In any case, it clearly does not meet GNG which is the standard that would apply to a populated place that lacks official recognition. –dlthewave ☎ 04:57, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete there does not seem to be sufficient information to have an an article. DGG ( talk ) 08:02, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Even the blog link above does not provide anything substantive enough content-wise for an article. --MuZemike 23:14, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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