Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dingus, Kentucky - Wikipedia

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Keep all towns are inherently notable, no matter how prone their articles may be to vandalism. WP:INHERENT. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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No assertion of notability, no reason for being included in an encyclopedia. Frequent target of vandalism, it appears never to have had any content beyond a single sentence, despite a surprisingly large edit history, which appears to be entirely vandalism and subsequent reverts. Pstanton (talk) 22:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - I added a reference to show that the town exists, which is the criteria for any town to be included in Wikipedia, per WP:N. I might even suggest WP:SNOWBALL, the consensus on the inclusion of towns is pretty clear cut.. FingersOnRoids♫ 00:01, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes yes, anyone can go to Google and find an autogenerated advertising page. This is a more useful reference for AFD purposes, since it provides human confirmation that there is (or was) an actual community there. WillOakland (talk) 00:27, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the fact that there is an advertising page pretty much shows that there is a town there. But I agree, its not a preferable reference. I just slapped it on there for the time being, so it could survive the afd. I think we can agree that regardless, this article is a keeper. FingersOnRoids♫ 00:46, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Keep - All towns are inherently notable, but is this a town, and does it exist? The fact that "dingus" is slang for "moron", "dumb", "idiot" etc, raises some questions in my mind as to whether or not the place even exists. According to Google maps, there is a Dingus, Kentucky (zip code 41472). But that doesn't mean it's a town. It could also just be a crossroads with a name, in which case it might not meet the notability guidelines. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  02:06, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at WillOakland's pdf source, and use the search function, you can see that a "Dingus Elementary School in Dingus, Kentucky" is mentioned in there. I believe that is enough evidence to verify that this town does exist. FingersOnRoids♫ 02:28, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  04:10, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Towns/villages are inherently notable regardless of size. Being a target of vandalism is not a proper reason to delete an article. --Oakshade (talk) 05:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Although I believe that the article was created because an editor thought the name was cute, this is an inhabited (and rather remote) location on one of the smaller county roads. Mandsford (talk) 12:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. It's generally been held that all communities are notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:28, 17 March 2009 (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.