Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Bear Spring, Arizona

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:51, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Black Bear Spring, Arizona

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~~This appears to have been some sort of mistake in GNIS, as the entry is no longer there.~~ The topos show a "Bond Spring" at about the right spot, SW of Lutz Tunnel, which was actually a mine. In the same area, apparently, was the Black Bear Mine. Searching got lots of false hits on what black bears do in the spring and tons of clickbait, and many references to it as an area, but nothing that would indicate a settlement of this name. Mangoe (talk) 04:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If you're talking about the "this ID does not exist" thing, GNIS seems to be doing that for everything. Compare Wahweap, which I'm pretty sure was there last time I looked, and Flagstaff, which I'm pretty sure is a real city. ℰmi1y_⧼T·C⧽ 08:53, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, we had a small plane fly into a major transmission line, taking out power in Gaithersburg (which is where their offices are, I believe) until noon today. I see the entry is taken from a Forest Service map, which is never a good sign. Without seeing the map in question it's hard to guess what they were thinking, but in any case I didn't find anything suggesting it was ever a settle,ment. Mangoe (talk) 23:05, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Arizona. Shellwood (talk) 09:20, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I see the GNIS entry today. No evidence of notability. Probably a typo - likely this is an actual spring and not a populated place. MB 17:34, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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