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The result was Snow Keep. (non-admin closure) — ΛΧΣ21™ 00:46, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fairview, Harford County, Maryland (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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I believe this is a non-notable community, as I live near it and it is basically just a single intersection with a few houses. Just simply being considered a "populated place" by the U.S. Census Bureau does not necessarily make it notable. epzik8 11:09, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• weak keep - on the contrary, almost all populated places are considered to be notable enough for an article, though I realise the WP:NGEOG is a proposed guideline only. Looking at an aerial map, it seems to have a cemetery too, so likely to have some noteworthy history. All that being said, a one line stub is hardly a hill of beans! Sionk (talk) 21:38, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:NPLACE. Seeing as it is marked on Google Maps, I'd say it exists, so keep. Also keep in mind that the extreme majority of unincorporated places such as Fairview have articles. "Pepper" @ 00:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, it is a village with its history, people. Faisal 1918 (talk) 03:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:39, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Okay, I see where everyone is coming from with the reasons that the community should be considered to be notable, but I don't think just being marked on Google Maps and being home to an historic cemetery qualifies it to have its own article on Wikipedia. I know it exists, because I drive through it a lot, but nobody I know ever refers to the community's landmarks as being in Fairview. It's in the zip code area of a town called Forest Hill, which is the closest "real" town, so everyone considers it as being part of Forest Hill. (epzik8) 19:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  Technically, Forest Hill isn't a town, it's an unincorporated community just like Fairview. I've already made my point above about Wikipedia functioning as a gazetteer, and most people are in agreement with that. Of course you're entitled to your opinion, but with past experience, I've found that most people would disagree with that. "Pepper" @ 20:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep It's a verified populated place, and by long-standing precedent it's therefore notable, both because Wikipedia functions as a gazetteer and almost all of these places end up having plenty of coverage. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 10:00, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep verified places like towns, villages, unincorporated communities are inherently notable; deletion nominations are needlessly disruptive and time sinks. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 00:32, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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