Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gypsite, California

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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 21:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gypsite, California[edit]

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A series of stations/sidings/spots along a rail line in the Kern County Desert. All of these show no more than a couple of buildings, if that, and nothing resembling a notable settlement. Mangoe (talk) 01:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:08, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:08, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 16:21, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. Gypsite had a post office: [1], [2]. Personally, I feel that the presence of a post office is legal recognition and thus meets #1 of WP:GEOLAND. However, I acknowledge that virtually no one agrees with me so I'd prefer to not have my weak keep keep this article unless other people agree. The geological literature refers to Koehn Spring, Kane Spring and Cane Spring, all three of which seem to be the same place - the 1915 and 1922 editions of the Searles Lake 1915 map show Cane and Koehn Spring just north of Gypsite. There is a reference (Hensher) to a small narrow gauge railway being built to transfer the ore to the mill. The Rand Desert Museum has a number of short newspaper articles about the area, see [3]. On that page there is a reference to a post office being established at Koehn. Both Gypsite and Koehn are listed in the list of post offices. Presumably the name of the Koehn post office changed to Gypsite at some point. The Rand museum page has two 1914 references to "Gypsite Mills", a 1926 reference to Koehn of Gypsite. The Rand museum page mentions a story about how Koehn held off a group of armed claim jumpers in a battle at Koehn Lake, but this does not directly involve Gypsite. Hensher states that a hotel, depot and houses were built. I've found very few citations for Gypsite being anything other than a mill with a post office, a hotel and some houses. The story of Charles Koehn seems to be a bit more notable, perhaps that would be a better article? Cxbrx (talk) 23:13, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:25, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Cxbrx's argument. LeBron4 (talk) 19:41, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - there's enough sourcing to satisfy me, and per Cxbrx. Bearian (talk) 17:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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