Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fairlawn, Florida

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fairlawn, Florida

Pretty much a hoax article. There is no bona fide "neighborhood" named Fairlawn, and there is no such mythic "white population" ensconced in the heart of Cuban Miami (which is exactly what the area in question is). A check of the internet and soucres will convince you of the same. Courtney Akins 17:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Delete.Courtney Akins 17:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. It appears on the national map, but unlike Flagami it is not acknowledged by the city, so it doesn't pass minimal significance. Gazpacho 18:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: I don't doubt the existence of the name, but that's not quite enough. Gazpacho 16:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep It is acknowledged by the city [1] on the http://miamidade.gov/wps/portal - On June 10th, residents of West Miami, Fairlawn and Flagami neighborhoods celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of the Fairlawn Branch Library. On hand were Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez.... Who are we to doubt that it is a census designated place? --Tagishsimon (talk)

Comment Interestingly, the link has no reference to Fairlawn. I will ask a couple of Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida editors to look at this. :) Dlohcierekim 08:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. The neighborhood does exist. The opening of the new location of the Fairlawn Branch of the Miami-Dade Libary is announced here. Here is a FEMA announcement of a grant for stormwater drainage improvements in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Miami, and here is a City of Miami announcement of groundbreaking for the Fairlawn Storm Sewer Improvement Project (scroll down to Mayor Manny Diaz and City Commissioners Hold a Groundbreaking Ceremony and Announce Citywide Flood Mitigation Projects). There is a Fairlawn Elementary School, and while a school name doesn't prove the existance of the neighborhood, the attendance boundaries for Fairlawn Elementary correspond to other indications of the neighborhood, and have not been changed since 1971. I have no opinion at this time as to whether this neighborhood is notable enough for an article in WP, but it does exist, is acknowledged by the city and is not a hoax. -- Donald Albury^(Talk) 09:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable neighborhood (isn't it a cemetary?). Bastique▼^parler _voir 13:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment Thanks Dan and Bastique. :) Dlohcierekim 14:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I would like to point out that my own neighborhood, Palm Aire Village, has its own article. This is only by virtue of being a census designated place during the 2000 Census. It has since incorporated into Fort Lauderdale, and will unlikely ever be notable enough to merit an article. Bastique▼^parler _voir 14:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep It doesn't look like a hoax to me. I can find it with Mapquest and Google Earth. The school appears real. I haven't been able to verify the demographic assertion though, so will add a {{fact}} tag to that statement. The school demographics do support that Fairlawn has a large white population - it's just not sufficient to support the assertion in the article. However, it doesn't show up as a valid name in a USPS Zip code search nor does it show up as a valid place name using the US Census site search. I did find it in one gazeteer: [2]. I'd keep it for now to see if the article can be expanded with better sources and a better assertion of notability - but this is a close call for me... Brian 15:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)btball
• Comment. There is a Fairlawn, Florida that is a Populated Community Place in Broward County[3], not in Miami-Dade County. It may be difficult to say much about that Fairlawn, as well. I see that the web link about the Fairlawn branch library states that the library's clientele consists of newly arrived Hispanic immigrants and older residents who have lived in the West Miami, Fairlawn and Flagami areas for many years. This is consistent with the claim that Fairlawn has a large White (non-Hispanic) population, but could never be used as a source for that statement. -- Donald Albury^(Talk) 16:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. If the neighborhood is verifiable, which it appears to be, I don't see how notability really plays into this. It is my understanding we keep all articles on real towns, villages, neighborhoods, etc. RFerreira 21:14, 21 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.