Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wawasee, Indiana

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The result was Merge to Lake Wawasee. BD2412 T 17:18, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wawasee, Indiana

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I can find no evidence that this is a separate place from Wawasee Village, Indiana on Lake Wawasee. Coordinates from GNIS point to where the word "Wawasee" as part of "Wawasee Airport" (now closed) is located on the topo map, not the site of the community. Reywas92^Talk 03:01, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 03:01, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 03:01, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Wawasee Village, since all indications point to these being the same place. Though we may want to merge Wawasee Village into this article based on the name of the closed post office. (Also, for what it's worth, AfD isn't really the proper forum for this since it's basically a merge request. I doubt there would have been objections to a BOLD merge even.) TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 14:41, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There were, I was called a vandal twice for it. Actually BOTH should be merged to Syracuse, Indiana, the actual town and address of the area around the lake, with the Village being a neighborhood of the town [1] [2]. One would have to dive deeper into the history of perhaps an annexation or however the lake's community grew but places do not need their own articles unless substantive sources beyond the GNIS demonstrate they do! Reywas92^Talk 19:04, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The 1951 quad shows Wawasee as a cluster of buildings along the railroad tracks on the North shore (not the airport location shown on newer maps). It was definitely a a place, however it's unclear whether this was an established community or just a train station and post office serving vacation homes and resorts on the lake. I'm not going to vote "keep" based on the potential existence of sources but I bet someone could find something written about it if they had the time.

Wawasee Village is on the East side of the lake and appears to be a non-notable subdivision within the town of Syracuse. This is a different place and not suitable for merging. –dlthewave ☎ 12:51, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should talk about current reality rather than assume from maps alone that those labels of neighborhoods around the lake were completely independent communities that inherently need separate articles rather than residences simply being distributed along the shore. It does the reader no good to have multiple worthless stubs masquerading with the present "is" when relevant content can be consolidated and presented in context, as in History or Geography sections. People will say we're a gazetteer, but no part of that mandates every name in a database or on a map needs separate entries on our end. If Wawasee Village should be merged into this one instead or Syracuse, that works. Reywas92^Talk 18:51, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect to Lake Wawasee. This article and History of Lake Wawasee cover the entire topic; there's no sign that "Wawasee" is a separate entity. Wawasee Village is not an appropriate redirect as it is an unrelated subdivision. –dlthewave ☎ 03:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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