Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Whatcom

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect‎ to History of Bellingham, Washington. If this is the correct Redirect target article, feel free to change it. There were several mentioned in this discussion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Whatcom[edit]

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Merge with History of Bellingham, Washington. Article is about a single settlement that existed for roughly ten years after the merger of Whatcom and Sehome, and prior to its merger into Bellingham. Supported by one source, which itself doesn't support most of the text. PersusjCP (talk) 22:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. PersusjCP (talk) 22:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I second that, Looking at it now in retrospect, I think it may be better to merge with Bellingham, Washington History. Gonzafer001 (talk) 23:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonzafer001 are any parts of this article generated by LLM (WP:LLM)? "stunning natural beauty" and "marked a significant moment in the region's history, shaping the development of Bellingham into the thriving city it is today" have WP:TONE issues and sound like something ChatGPT would generate. Jfire (talk) 03:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch. A lot of this does sound like it was generated by an LLM. I plugged the text in to a few of those LLM detector sites and it came back at 100%. I don't know how reliable they are but I plugged human writing into it too, including from WP articles, and they all got <5%. PersusjCP (talk) 01:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Bellingham - there's not much sourced information here to merge! SportingFlyer T·C 01:10, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine with me too PersusjCP (talk) 01:26, 18 April 2024 (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.