Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abra, Arizona (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. KaisaL (talk) 02:20, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Abra, Arizona

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Kept once before because a lot of people didn't grasp how bad GNIS is, and because the full state of the thing hadn't been spelled out. This is actually another railroad passing siding, or more specifically, it is two different sidings at two different times. What happened was that the SF rerouted the line through/by Paulden, apparently a bit before 1980. The siding by Paulden was called Abra, and when they laid in the new line, they put in a new passing siding, and called it Abra instead; the old route was abandoned, and this is shown on one topo map and is plainly visible in the aerials. Older maps and aerials show nothing in particular around the siding; more recently, a subdivision was laid in a bit north of the track in the early 2000s, but nothing indicates it was named after the siding, and subdivisions aren't as a rule notable anyway. Mangoe (talk) 17:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:45, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:45, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete God those keep votes in the first afd are an embarrassment. This and this from 1893 mentions an Abra ranch, This even gives the name origin. The NRHP nom suggests a different etymology, being another name for the Valle, Arizona station. But nothing indicates it was its own town or populated place, much less with notability. A redirect to Paulden, Arizona works too. Reywas92^Talk 19:38, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This Abra is a long ways from Valle, so I think they are unrelated. Mangoe (talk) 19:50, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete clearly not a populated place and no other indication of notability.Glendoremus (talk) 23:28, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Back to my views about overcoverage in the US and undercoverage in Akwa Ibom State. Eket is the main city in the second largest urban conglomeration in Akwa Ibom. Idua and [[Afaha Eket and two other places that make up the urban area, Eket has 200,000 people and the overall area has over 350,000. Although these are 15 year old figures, so it may be many more today. Other places we lack an article on include Ikot Akpaden, which is the location of the main campus of Akwa Ibom State Univeristy. To be fair I only found it because it is the headquarters location of a stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Due to the factors in choosing stake headquarters, I am pretty sure any place designated as the city of record for such a stake should fall under our gazeteer goal level of inclusion. We also lack an article on Ikot Akpatek. Also the location of a stake headquarters, it is a proposed location for the creation of a Panamax port, and my guess is has a long history of trade. I just created an article on that place, but my point on uneven coverage still stands.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:42, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are you advocating deleting articles to improve our coverage? Because if not, it's not really clear how your argument relates to the notability of Abra.----Pontificalibus 17:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not a populated place. "Abra" is Spanish for ravine and is used in realtion to multiple locations in Arizona, so a redirect isn't appropriate.----Pontificalibus 17:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This is nothing more than a railroad landmark, not a notable or populated place. –dlthewave ☎ 18:56, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect finding
WP:ATD redirect to Paulden, Arizona. Lightburst (talk) 19:35, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply
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