Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wonderland, California

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:31, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderland, California[edit]

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I can't find any evidence that this location actually existed as a settlement, rather than just an isolated rural post office serving nearby campgrounds. GNIS no longer lists it, and newspaper results only get "Feather River Wonderland" which refers to the county as a whole. I can't even verify the location - Post office records put it near 40°25′58″N 121°20′51″W / 40.43282°N 121.34763°W / 40.43282; -121.34763, but this map places it about a mile to the southeast. Without anything to verify it being a settlement, I don't think this passes WP:NGEO. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Skynxnex (talk) 03:52, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete:This is clearly unnotable settlement according to Wikipedia general notability guideline. Morekar (talk) 04:10, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your coördinates being in the wrong county should have been a red flag. That's Tehama. You've mixed up east and west of Mineral. Nonetheless, I can find no documentation of this claimed settlement, only of an early to middle 20th century post office. This is unverifiable. Uncle G (talk) 15:07, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for the note - I've corrected my typo in the coords. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non-notable per WP:GEOLAND. GNIS and a post office don't count for notability and we don't even have those, just a mention in a questionable place-names guide. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 15:13, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The entry has been dropped from GNIS and whatever Durham says, the original author had a history of misrepresenting him. If it was a resort, it wasn't a notable one. Mangoe (talk) 23:26, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nothing to be found at all.James.folsom (talk) 01:10, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:GEOLAND --Devokewater|(tαlk) 11:48, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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