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The result was no consensus. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:57, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Blossom Valley, San Jose, California (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Delete: as non-notable neighborhood in a middle sized city. Tourism promo, little more. Quis separabit? 02:36, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Concur with nom, nothing indicates this "neighborhood" meets GNG. Others in the template Neighborhoods of San Jose should be reviewed also. MB 04:59, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Blossom Valley looks like a (fairly large) legally recognized neighborhood in District 10 of San Jose. Their neighborhood association is listed on the official District 10 website. There's also a Blossom Valley Elementary School. The Blossom Valley Athletic League encompasses 24 high schools. If it's true that the neighborhood is legally recognized, then it's notable per WP:GEOLAND. AlexEng^(TALK) 09:22, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:12, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:12, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is no indication that it is "legally recognized". MB 20:36, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How do you define "legally recognized," then? I think the three examples I provided satisfy the requirement. I'm curious to see what your interpretation is. AlexEng^(TALK) 23:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Legally recognized means a law has been passed by a higher jurisdiction establishing a state/county/city/village, etc, with boundaries, government structure, responsibilities, etc. This is just a neighborhood. The fact that a neighborhood HOA is on a list of neighborhood associations in a council district is not legal status. That is just a list of "associations and organizations" in the council district. The fact that there is a neighborhood school with the same name, which is quite commmon, does not confer legal status on the neighborhood. Nor does an athletic association. A neighborhood can be notable based on GNG, but otherwise this is just an unofficial neighborhood. MB 00:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

redirect or merge into South San Jose per above.--Prisencolin (talk) 11:52, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: middle sized city? San Jose now has over a million people, ranking #10 in the USA. Blossom Valley is not just a subdivision, it is one of the neighborhoods used by Real Estate listings. Blossom Valley has 68,996 residents. http://www.areavibes.com/san+jose-ca/blossom+valley/demographics

It is referenced in over 7000 articles in the San Jose Mercury News. User:PG 06:40, 13 December 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.0.56 (talk) [reply]

• Delete as WP:SPAM. The official website for this subdivision begins, "The Blue Mountain family of companies is proud to present Blossom Valley, a family-friendly subdivision balancing the ideal elements of quality and style...." this is not a notable neighbourhood at all, it's a non-notable subdivision failing WP:GNG and therefore WP:GEOLAND, for subdivisions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:52, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect @Shawn in Montreal: that's not the same Blossom Valley. That's a subdivision in Atwater, California (near Merced). The article in discussion here is about a neighborhood in San Jose's 10th district. Please strike your comment. AlexEng^(TALK) 18:15, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:18, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. This is a reasonable neighborhood. A worser alternative would be to create articles for every one of the several hundred neighborhoods recognized by San Jose in this map of San Jose neighborhoods. We could split the Blossom Valley article into dozens of separate articles on some or all of: Blossom Hill Homes, Walnut Blossom, Blossom River, Foxchase/Sanchez, Erikson, Tatra, Branham, Hillview, Almaden Lake, Croydon, Pepper Tree, Holland, Homes at Almaden Lake, Shawnee, Calero, Miner, Hidden Glen, Sakamoto, etc. There literally are hundreds more neighborhoods that the planning department of San Jose defined in 1999 "for the purpose of assessing and assigning neighborhood service needs" (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=2058). --doncram 17:19, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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