Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pentz, California

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The result was delete. Consensus is for deletion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:21, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pentz, California

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THis one is a bit borderline, and perhaps others may be able to get a better picture of it than I. At any rate, there's nothing much there now, nor on topos going back into the 1950s. Searching produces a lot of hits on a soil type, and others that are clearly about the place; but a lot of those refer to it as the Pentz Ranch. I also have to say that Durham's story of the origin of the name isn't terribly plausible, and the Butte County histories are full of people named Pentz. This is right in the middle of the ongoing issue with these GNIS-based articles: I really don't see how we can justify having an article on a place that we cannot describe well, nor clearly characterize. Mangoe (talk) 17:20, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:50, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:50, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete there are various references, especially in geology books, but I can't see anything which unambiguously says this is a populated place. It's clear from satellite imagery that all that's there now is a few of what look like farm buildings. Hut 8.5 18:26, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:42, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - It was a 400-acre ranch owned by a man named Manoah Pence. For a brief time he ran a post office spelled Pentz. I don't see any indication that it was ever a community or settlement. Glendoremus (talk) 19:16, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, Not a populated place, no sign of notability.Alex-h (talk) 12:43, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per non Devokewater (talk) 20:38, 13 July 2020 (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.