Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panther Forest, Arkansas

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The result was delete. czar 02:49, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Panther Forest, Arkansas

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BEFORE search did not return any evidence of a community. Panther Forest doesn't appear on maps aside from the deadlinked highway map in the article. News coverage consists almost entirely of levee breaks in 1892, 1912 and 1922; the only exception is the burning of a cotton gin at "Panther Forest Plantation". –dlthewave ☎ 03:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 03:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 03:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:39, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom; I turned up a passing mention to the plantation, several referring to the levee, and a single statement that Panther Forest was "a point on the lower river". Fails WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG. Hog Farm _Talk 04:48, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: USGS topo maps show that there isn't much going on here. It's right on the edge of a quadrangle, so I have to look at two different ones to find out what's going on, but basically: in 1936-1939 there was nothing, in 1970-1976 there was nothing, in 1986 there was nothing... Google's satellite imagery shows that there's basically a single street of houses going along the eastern shore of Connerly Bayou at the location of those coordinates, surrounded by farmland. If there exists no coverage of the location in archives, I think it's time to stick a fork in it. jp×g 22:02, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Uh, it is a forest? Actually, it is probably a levee, I found no evidence that anyone lived, died or drove a Chevy to there (sorry). The 1953 Greenwood, MS 1:250K 1966 edition shows north of the coords of this article a "Panther Forest Crevasse" in blue italics with the text "Connerly" nearby. The font used is a font used for natural features, not towns. Panther Forest Crevasse is a separate GNIS entry. "Panther Forest" appears at that location until the 1986 edition. Panther Forest first appears at the location of this article in 2014 Macon Lake 1:24k, which corresponds with the GNIS entry date of "09-Oct-2012". Panther Forest does not appear in the 2011 version of Macon Lake 1:24k. There are a number of 1912 newspapers.com articles that mention Panther Forest Crevasse, I've just linked to one: [1]. The article also mentions "Panther Forest", but does not indicate that there was a community there. I found lots of articles about a levee at Panther Forest, but nothing about people living there. GBooks has some references to the Panther Forest levee, such as [2]. The 1981 Arkansas Place Names mentions "Panther Forest Crevasse (1892-1912)". Hog Farm did better than I did, I did not see the passing reference to a plantation until I search GBooks for "Panther Forest Plantation" and found a 1935 reference There was another reference that refers to Panther Forest Plantation, but it was written to a politician in Louisiana, so it might be somewhere different. As there is no legal recognition of Panther Forest as being a community and the coverage of Panther Forest as a community is non-existent, so WP:GEOLAND is not met. If someone wants to write an article about Panther Forest Crevasse, then maybe it would pass WP:GNG and this article could redirect there. However Panther Forest Crevasse seems to be WP:RUNOFTHEMILL to me. Cxbrx (talk) 22:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, looks like that pretty much settles it. jp×g 03:23, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nominator Idunnox3 (talk) 23:04, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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