Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boston, Ontario

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 Speedy keep. Nom withdrew, confirmed on my talk page here. SynergeticMaggot 19:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boston, Ontario

I believe it's a hoax. The creator is known to have created many hoaxes over wikipedia. See report for vandalism Verified. Apologies-- Szvest 15:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - After checking google maps, I confirmed that this locality does NOT exist. --Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 15:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - On top of this, after a minute of researching I found that the Boston Public School, which is mentioned in the article, is a real school[1], but it is located in the city of Waterford, Ontario. In case anyone was wondering. :) Fopkins | Talk 16:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment -- I don't have enough time to correct that. I've speedied a few articles created by this user and blocked him indefinitely. -- Szvest 16:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)Unblocked after verification

• Delete Nuke from orbit, along with the author, who's wasted way too much time and effort by a lot of people. Fan-1967 16:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete as a hoax. Michael Greiner 16:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete as per WP:CSD GC1, A1, and WP:HOAX ST47 16:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I checked the Government of Canada's Atlas of Canada, and Boston, Ontario is not a hoax. It is listed as an unincorporated area in the Atlas of Canada http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca Mail for Boston is handled through the Waterford post office. -- TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 17:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Check any detailed road atlas of Ontario, you'll find Boston in there. It's very small (basically one intersection), and as TruthbringerToronto mentioned, the mail is handled by Waterford. (So Boston Public School would have a Waterford address.) And for what it's worth, I've been there... CODOR 20:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Existance is verifiable. will381796 21:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per WP:NN ST47 22:01, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Verifiable settlements are inherently notable, and a quick Google search revealed a number of references to Boston, Ontario. It's big enough to have a Baptist Church, it's big enough to have a Wikipedia article. 23skidoo 22:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per WP:NN. For a verifiable settlement to be notable, it has to be the name actually recognized by the government. Here, from what I'm reading, they're calling it Waterford, not Boston. --M@rēino 22:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Only Canada Post considers it part of Waterford, as Boston is serviced by a rural route. The Grand Erie District School Board acknowledges it (as evidenced by the name of the public school), as well as Norfolk County as a hamlet [2]. CODOR 22:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

• • Fair enough. Would you object to a merge with Waterford, though? I am very, very, wary about any town article that can't give an exact population count, especially in a nation that conducts a very professional census. The size doesn't matter -- S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania is only 14 -- but it has to be exact, or else we can't tell where one town ends and the next begins.--M@rēino 23:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Verifiable. BoojiBoy 23:06, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, AfD was closed early by myself, but is re-opened for further discussion on request. I'll add a comment and not close -- Samir धर्म 01:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Verifiable locale, I've driven through it a couple of times, street signage remains as "Boston", notable for several buildings, residents refer to their place of residence as "Boston", several never-incorporated places of note exist in Ontario (see Orléans, Ontario) (although Boston is much smaller in size) -- Samir धर्म 01:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep since the only notablity guideline (that I know of) for a location is the verification of it's existance. ---J.S (t|c) 16:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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.