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The result was no consensus‎. asilvering (talk) 01:49, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cabin Creek, Indiana (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

I have mixed feelings about this, in large part because it is an African-American place, and the documentation on these tends to be sketchy. The issue here, however, is that once again the article does not accurately relate what the thesis (which is the only source I could find outside GNIS) says about the place. The key failure is in the statement that "it was the home of several families [of] free African Americans", because it says that about the whole Cabin Creek Settlement. The "Scott's Corner" part pertains only to the store, due to the name of the proprietor. It doesn't actually say there was a town there, and it doesn't say that people lived at the corner. At least, that's how it reads to me. And it's basically an isolated intersection now, and furthermore, the aerials indicate that the two houses on the NE corner are recent, and that there was once another building on the SE corner which disappeared around 2010. It might have been the store at some point, or maybe not. It would be nice to find something else to go by, but for instance the county history (which was written early as these things go) doesn't mention it. So reluctantly I think this will need to go unless someone can find better verification. Mangoe (talk) 02:40, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Indiana. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:46, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Randolph now, eh? I was wondering what county was going to be next after Jay. ☺

  The interesting thing is that the Tucker History does have an entire section (p.134) on the "Cabin Creek Colored Settlement" which has a lengthy laundry list of Scotts. It seems that Cabin Creek, Indiana (running from 40°10′07″N 085°09′45″W / 40.16861°N 85.16250°W / 40.16861; -85.16250 (mouth of Cabin Creek, Indiana) on the White River to 40°03′50″N 85°04′05″W / 40.064°N 85.068°W / 40.064; -85.068 (headwaters of Cabin Creek, Indiana)) is the real subject here. It has a fair number of sources both as the settlement and as a creek.

  The severalfold irony is that the rôte GNIS mass-importers did not give it to us because (a) the GNIS record had it marked as "stream" not "ppl", and (b) the second GNIS record for Cabin Creek that said it was an alternative name for Lamb Ditch, which leads from Cabin Creek at 40°08′38″N 85°08′02″W / 40.144°N 85.134°W / 40.144; -85.134 (mouth of Lamb Ditch, Indiana) past its name at 40°07′16″N 085°07′46″W / 40.12111°N 85.12944°W / 40.12111; -85.12944 (label of Lamb Ditch, Indiana) right to this "Scott Corner", which in turn the GNIS said was "canal" with no clue that it was part of the Cabin Creek true populated place that is in the history books.

  Uncle G (talk) 04:36, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Reviewing the sources above I think there is enough to support an article or at least a section in White River. Eluchil404 (talk) 02:52, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:08, 26 February 2025 (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.