Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gillespie, Arizona

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The result was redirect to Gillespie Dam. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:51, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gillespie, Arizona (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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The only coverage of Gillespie that I could find was a 1919 article in the Copper Era promising the upcoming construction of a townsite, however it doesn't appear that anything beyond a rail siding was ever actually built at this spot. I did find one article about a "town" which turned out to be a glorified work camp for the Gillespie Dam, 12 miles away, a different topic entirely that should be covered in the article about the dam. –dlthewave ☎ 15:37, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Arizona. –dlthewave ☎ 15:37, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Well, I enjoyed reading about the Dam and Frank Gillespie at least. I did find a mention of Gillespie, Arizona in a 2011 solar farm proposal (that seems to be referring to approximately the same geographic area west of the dam), but the actual documentation refers to townships, which makes me wonder if they just pulled "Gillespie, Arizona" from Google Maps (who pulled it from Wikidata, presumably). Plenty of mentions of other people named Gillespie in the Arizona Memory Project, but from a quick sample I couldn't find any references to a town or other place where people actually lived. Suriname0 (talk) 17:09, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Gillespie Dam. I found a few articles like this that refer to the Gillespie Land and Irrigation Company and/or the associated ranch/farm being in "Gillespie, Arizona". I added info about the town there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MB (talk • contribs)

• Redirect to Gillespie Dam. Gillespie seems to have been a paper town, nothing more. Neither the 1925 Rand McNally Premiere Atlas of the World nor the 1960 World Book atlas of Arizona give population figures or even list Gillespie in their list of communities, and each of those sources list Arizona settlements down into the single digits. There never was a community here, and MB's addition of the plans for the community on Gillespie Dam seems sufficient. Firsfron of Ronchester 18:14, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Gillespie Dam per above. Djflem (talk) 15:26, 28 September 2022 (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.