Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tichenor, Kentucky

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The result was delete. Sandstein 18:37, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tichenor, Kentucky[edit]

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Looks like an error or conflation of some sort. The GNIS entry is sourced to Rennick. Rennick says that Tichenor's Store is a former name of Cleopatra, Kentucky and that Nuckols, Kentucky was formerly known as Tichenor's Station, and both of those places are in the same county as this. However, Rennick does not mention a place known simply as Tichenor. Pre-GNIS (before 2000 or so) topographic maps show a Liberty School and a Buck Creek Church at the site, but not much else. Newspapers.com brings up only people with the last name Tichenor, and I'm struggling to find anything substantial about a community simply named Tichenor. This is a reference to a Tichenor in a list of railroad stations, but it's unclear if it's this Tichenor or Tichenor Station aka Cleopatra. There's some houses there today, but I'm not seeing any evidence of legally recognized community here. At best, it's just an informal neighborhood. I've been able to find no concrete proof of a WP:GEOLAND pass here. Hog Farm _Bacon 02:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 02:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 02:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 17:24, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 01:35, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as per nominator's research, this fails WP:GNG. It's also highly doubtful that it passes WP:GEOLAND. Spiderone 11:18, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No legal recognition, no non-trivial coverage - Does not meet WP:GEOLAND. As per the nominator's research, here's the Rennick reference. I found plenty of coverage for people with the last name of Tichenor, but found very little for a place with the same name. This article was created by User:Vanished user 7b1215e7ef746ac20682e3dbe03f5b84, wmflabs indicates that they created 2,750 articles, 3% of which have been deleted. It might be worth reviewing their other new articles to see if they are notable. Perhaps another WP:TNT is in order? Cxbrx (talk) 22:11, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Cxbrx - The source used by that user is freely available online, and I've been checking it. Unlike the California ones, most of the Kentucky ones are actually defensible. I'd say around 70% of the Kentucky ones are referred to as communities, so TNT would probably kill a bunch of possibly notable ones. The extent of the issue here is less than that with the CA ones. While with the CA ones, the question is often Was this ever inhabited?, the question with the KY ones is more if a legally recognized, populated place was at the site, or just an informal rural neighborhood. So the sorting for this user's work is a lot more intensive, and I wouldn't recommend TNT as much here. Hog Farm _Bacon 03:48, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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