Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Signboard, Virginia

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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. Daniel (talk) 01:33, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This is one of the more confusing to research geostubs I've run into lately. So this isn't on the 1918 topo, but appears on the 1949 topo as Ruther Glen Corner at a road junction with little there. Things start to get confusing here, as Ruther Glen, Virginia is a real place about 4 miles to the northwest. By 1969, the minimal amount of stuff at the road junction is now labeled as Signboard. Searching for "Signboard" brings up basically nothing besides literal signboards, while searching for "Ruther Glen Corner" brings up a bunch of stuff about the notable community of Ruther Glen 4 miles away and a single mention that Ruther Glen Corner was now known as Signpost. Searching for "Signpost" brought up some mentions for the generic noun, as well as a single mention that someone was "of" Signpost. But there's also Sign Post, Virginia elsewhere, so it's difficult to determine which Signpost this was referring to.

So essentially, this place has had at least three names, and all are difficult to search for. Signboard is a common noun, Ruther Glen Corner is very similar to the name of a real place, and Signpost is both of the above. I couldn't find any indication in this maze of difficult-to-search-for names that this site is notable; maybe others can do better. Hog Farm _Talk 03:19, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Talk 03:19, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Talk 03:19, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

comment This is a toughie. I don't have time for searching right now, but Streetview strongly suggests that there was something town-like here, as does the 1960s era aerial. There are two surviving buildings that were obviously businesses, and the aerial shows that there used to be several other buildings at the NW corner. If I have time soon I'll see if I can look them up by address and see what they were. The road leading north is called Signboard Rd., so one expects this was thought of as some sort of a spot, but the question is, what? Mangoe (talk) 03:41, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 09:09, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 11:43, 28 June 2021 (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.