Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sykes, California

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The result was delete. Sandstein 22:09, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sykes, California[edit]

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Looks like this may have been some sort of railroad feature, not a community. Topos show three buildings where a road crosses the Southern Pacific. Newspapers.com brought up a bunch of last names under the search terms Sykes in California, Sykes Inyo in California, and Sykes Southern Pacific in California. This mentions a Sykes siding. JSTOR didn't bring up much beyond last names. Looks like a possible GNIS error. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:24, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also nominating Skyes, California, as it appears to be an error for Sykes. There's no featured named Skyes on the topos, but the description of it being on the Southern Pacific north-northwest of Little Lake matches, and the distance between the two seems to be close to the 6.5 miles given. There seems to be a very strong indication that Sykes and Skyes are the same. Even if Sykes is kept, I'm not sure that Skyes should be, as simply an error. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:34, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:24, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:24, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete both Negligently mass-produced junk with no evidence of being communities, less a notable one. Reywas92^Talk 20:12, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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