Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wataga, Missouri

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Daniel (talk) 04:51, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wataga, Missouri[edit]

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This is probably the nadir of the Missouri GNIS entries that I've seen. Ramsay just states that Wataga is a place name in Mercer County of unknown Native American origin, and then starts talking about a place in Tennessee. This name does not appear on USGS topographic maps, and GNIS is sourced to Ramsay, who never actually says what was at Wataga. Searching is cluttered by old news references to an incident involving a Native American woman named Wataga in the 1910s, as well as the town of Wataga, Illinois.

I'm pretty sure this is about the place in Illinois based on the reference to Galesburg being nearby and the fact that there doesn't seem to have been a railroad near the Missouri location.

This refers to Wataga as "a small post office", and I found an 1893 announcement stating that a postmaster was appointed for Wataga and then an 1897 announcement stating that the Wataga post office had been (re)opened. Not in 1877 county history, which makes sense I guess because the earliest mention I've found of this place is 1893. Searching brings up a bunch of the place in Illinois, but basically nothing for this one. I'm not seeing how this site, for which we have a handful of passing mentions to a post office and that's it is notable. Hog Farm _Talk 05:03, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Talk 05:03, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Talk 05:03, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete barring any good evidence that the place actually exists, and there doesn't seem to be any. Satellite imagery doesn't show any community there now, so even if there was one once then it's vanished since. WP:GEOLAND only says that legally recognised places have near-automatic notability, even if this place did exist once there's no evidence of legal recognition. Hut 8.5 11:58, 15 July 2021 (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.