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The result was delete. There are a couple of merge votes at the end of the debate, but the only mention of "Halls Corners" in the Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana is on an "unincorporated towns" list. The main issue in this debate is that there is no reliable source that Halls Corners is, or ever has been, a town. The name is apparently mentioned in some old newspaper articles, but without any indication as to if this is was an actual neighborhood, a crossroads, or just an estate or farm, there is an unresolved verifiability issue that mandates deletion. Sjakkalle (Check!) 18:18, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
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I find no evidence that this was ever anything but a 4th class post office. Mangoe ( talk) 15:55, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Indiana. Shellwood ( talk) 15:59, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- KEEP Appears to be a census-designated populated place at one point, ergo
WP:NGEO.
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- I don't think that's true. CDPs are a relatively recent thing, and if there ever was one here, it should not be a matter of "appears to be". Listing in GNIS has been deprecated for some time, see WP:GNIS. Mangoe ( talk) 18:34, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - The only source that provides any level of detail describes a post office established in the home of, and named after, Isaac Hall; there's no mention of anything else much less a community. I'm not seeing evidence of a CDP (do we have a source for that?) and GNIS isn't a reliable source for the "populated place" feature class. – dlthewave ☎ 02:16, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
- Newspapers.com returns 964 matches for "Halls Corners" in the state of Indiana. I haven't gone through all of them yet. — Jacona ( talk) 19:39, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KSAWikipedian ( talk) 19:05, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Halls Corners is notable at a local level, but nothing more than that. TH1980 ( talk) 23:39, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:04, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
- Merge to Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana, since it's mentioned there. Does not appear to be independently notable, but there are enough references to the location as a place of residence in late 19th century and early 20th century Indiana newspaper articles that it's a plausible search term. (apologies for the lack of links, but Newspaperarchive.com is not being entirely cooperative with me.) Jahaza ( talk) 01:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
- Merge to Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana per WP:ATD. This seems to be the best option at present. If and when better sources are found that establish notability, the article can always be easily re-created. 4meter4 ( talk) 16:11, 5 October 2022 (UTC)