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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:53, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Another spot sourced only from Durham, the location of which (as recorded in the article) is nonsense: the NP simply didn't run through this area. There is in fact a Silver Dollar Speedway in the Chico area, sitting in the middle of the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, and in the southern part of town there is a Speedway Avenue, which is where the Speedway subdivision discussed in this application lies. But we're talking a total of eight lots on one cul-de-sac, and Speedway Ave. doesn't run all the way to the railroad now, and there's every reason to believe that it never did. Gudde doesn't mention the spot, and I can't find anyone who does, although it must be said that searching is heavily hampered by false hits. If there was a spot on the tracks named Speedway at some point, there's just no way it passes notability when it only shows up in a single book. The claim that it was a notable settlement fails verification in a big way. Mangoe (talk) 15:06, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:08, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:08, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:GNG. --Danre98^{(talk^contribs)} 16:03, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep per WP:NPLACE: "Cities and villages anywhere in the world are generally kept, regardless of size or length of existence, as long as that existence can be verified through a reliable source." P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 19:54, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, but was this even a village? There is no reliable source to show that. This probably wasn't a village and so is measured against WP:GNG per WP:GEOLAND. Note: this has been edited once. --Danre98^{(talk^contribs)} 20:23, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete convinced per nom. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 19:51, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No evidence this is a notable populated place, negligently mass-created. Reywas92^Talk 23:03, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom and WP:GEOLAND. In order to even consider keeping this, we would need to verify that Durham (or any other source) lists this as a "former settlement", since this type of label is often added erroneously to our articles. –dlthewave ☎ 18:37, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete No evidence that it is a city or village, so no presumption that it is notable. Clearly does not meet basic wiki notability criteria. Glendoremus (talk) 17:05, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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