Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fairford, California

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The result was redirect to Ignacio, California. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:39, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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More obscure than most. Not listed in the GNIS database. Durham said it was a short-lived post office (less than a year in 1879) located at the Pacheco railroad station on the Northwestern Pacific RR. Everything I can find online appears to draw from this incorrect Wikipedia article. As has been pointed out many times before, the presence of a post office is not a guarantee of a community. Clearly not a community and not notable. Glendoremus (talk) 23:54, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Glendoremus (talk) 23:56, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Glendoremus (talk) 23:56, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I did a little better with turning up coverage [1], but besides that the post office only lasted four months, making it the shortest-lived in the county, the coverage doesn't look substantial. Fairly clearly a 4-class post office, not a community. Hog Farm _Bacon 00:06, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• redirect to Ignacio, California The GNIS entry for that latter, citing Gudde, says that Pacheco and Ignacio are the same place, and it's certainly in the right place from the description. Mangoe (talk) 19:30, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• As nominator, I would prefer redirect rather than "no consensus". Glendoremus (talk) 05:13, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Ignacio, California is the best option. While I'm a local, this place is very obscure. KidAd talk 18:24, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete/redirect No evidence of notability Reywas92^Talk 19:12, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Ignacio, California . The place had a post office. Redirecting is better than deleting because if in the future, someone attempts to recreate the article, they might just end up updating the Ignacio, California article. As Fairford is in the GNIS and presumably in lists of post offices, it is likely to be recreated. Cxbrx (talk) 15:11, 14 October 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.