Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McDonald, Tennessee

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The result was KEEP. Article is properly referenced now. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 20:07, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

McDonald, Tennessee

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Yet another place that may become a town someday (or not), with no significance attached to it. It's an unicorporated area near cleveland. There is no independent and reliable sourcing which indicates that this place is any different from any other area without a town or village. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 04:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is a verifiable settlement, which makes it notable by long-standing AfD precedent. Besides, it even has a post office, which also suggests this is a significant place. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 06:00, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Perhaps that "precident" should be changed. Perhaps if somebody could explain why this "precident" exists, it may make more sense to me, and I will withdraw the nomination. At the very least, cite some wikipolicy for keeping it. Or is Wikipedia now a catalogue of places with a U.S. Post office? --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 07:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Sources have been found for this one too, plus there's a whole book about the community. This is why the precedent exists; the sources are always there if you look hard enough. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 10:21, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Does appear to be a real community, which are always kept no matter what country they're in and whether they're a city, town, village or hamlet. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:26, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:26, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Link by The Catalyst to a book published by the Bradley County Historical Society is all we need to see — the benchmark for inclusion of towns and villages at Wikipedia isn't multiple independently published sources, it is confirmed existence. Carrite (talk) 17:44, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - McDonald is notable. It's a very real and widely recognized place, as demonstrated by the multiple references cited here and in the article. Tennesseans tend to be suspicious of government, so about half of the state's population is outside of incorporated municipalities, often in well-established distinct settlements like McDonald. --Orlady (talk) 18:55, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Agreed it is well referenced now. Quite honestly, the book reference should have been there from the beginning. If it had been, this article would not have been nominated for Afd. This looks like a decent article at this point. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 20:07, 19 December 2012 (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.