Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walche Cut, Kentucky

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The result was delete and redirect to Menard Limestone. Spartaz ^Humbug! 08:34, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Walche Cut, Kentucky[edit]

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Railroad cut misidentified by GNIS as a community and blindly copied into wikipedia by the creator, who evidently didn't consider looking at other sources. Topographic maps show a railroad feature with no buildings nearby. See this for confirmation that it's a railroad cut. As a railroad cut, it fails WP:GEOLAND. There's some Google books mentions, but majority of them seem to be just using Walche Cut (also spelled Walche's Cut) as a landmark, not directly discussing this cut. Looks to fail WP:GNG as a result. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

delete It's not out of the question for a cut to be notable in itself, but this one clearly isn't, and it's even more certainly not a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 18:10, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It does has geological significance and notability as the type locality of the Walche and Scottsburg limestone members of the Menard Formation as discussed by:

Swann, D. H., 1963, Classification of Genevievian and Chesterian (Late Mississippian) rocks of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 216, 91 p.

and Droste, J. B., and Keller, S. J., 1995, Subsurface stratigraphy and distribution of oil fields of the Buffalo Wallow Group (Mississippian) in Indiana: Indiana Geological Survey Bulletin 63, 24 p.

A type locality is a very important component of geologic nomenclature. Paul H. (talk) 20:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Menard Limestone after deleting incorrect designation and all misinformation as to it being a populated place. Paul H. (talk) 20:23, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is literally nothing to merge once that is eliminated. Mangoe (talk) 06:12, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then perhaps a redirect is in order? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:36, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Clarkcj12 (talk) 08:28, 8 November 2020 (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.