Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hayes, California

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 no consensus due to persistent lack of participation. No particularly strong arguments to keep or delete. (non-admin closure) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 10:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hayes, California

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This article is a bit of a train wreck, as it was originally about a spot in Fresno County, but was co-opted to talk about a spot on the west side of Los Angeles. Neither of these appear to be notable. The Fresno spot is attested to only by Durham and I see no reason to revert to that version. Topos show the LA spot to be a former rail location that has disappeared into So Cal sprawl. So, not a settlement, either way. Mangoe (talk) 03:35, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: To unclutter for the review, I reverted the intro text to the Fresno location, which text was changed in 2016.[1]--Milowent • ^hasspoken 13:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I have expanded the article some, including a link to a map (which appears to be public domain and can be added)[2] showing the location of Hayes, which seems to be more usually called "Hayes Station". There are lots of older book references to it as a location. People still live there, but the place name use for this rural area appears to have fallen out of favor in the decades since the post office closed. As the mass of Fresno County articles get sorted through, some like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goodmill, California certainly don't merit their own article, but I'd say this one does. Kudos to Mangoe for figuring out the mess of the two separate locations that the article had devolved into.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 16:54, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:32, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 18:04, 20 March 2021 (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.