Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willaha, Arizona

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The result was redirect to Grand Canyon Railway. Sandstein 11:59, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

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The text claims this as a "former stop on the Grand Canyon Railway", which I don't believe is true. It is on that line (and you can see MoW equipment and a huge pile of ties in the GMap aerial at this time), but I really doubt that the GCRY ever stopped there in the middle of nowhere. It was a siding on the ATSF, and is referred to a couple of places: for example, [https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc783662/ this AEC report] describes it as an unstaffed ATSF station. Otherwise I get the usual geoclickbait and pictures of GCRY trains, and that's it. I'm not seeing the notability here. Mangoe (talk) 19:45, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 20:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 22:24, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

  • Comment the article starter should be notified on their talk page when the article is nominated for deletion. {{ping|Onel5969}} Lightburst (talk) 22:28, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
  • It's accurate, I put it there: see [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45819383/weekly-journal-miner/]. There was at least a [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45819476/williams-news/ sheep ranch in the area]. See https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/ for getting free access to newspapers.com. There are more hits mentioning it there so will probably pass but if you know me, I'm all for covering it in a main article rather than low-readership stubs when feasible. Reywas92Talk 23:49, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Grand Canyon Railway where it's already mentioned. It is detailed [https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/64254ac4-fb05-4d29-88d5-5f4a63f5be7c here] (pdf file pages 17-18). Built for livestock and ore loading, it had a bunkhouse for workers but no evidence it was really a populated place. ----Pontificalibus 15:30, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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