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The result was keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:07, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Snapfinger, Georgia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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City I've never heard of. The article says it's in DeKalb County, Georgia, but the map doesn't. Georgia guy (talk) 17:24, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Not much out there in terms of detailed discussion of the place, but precedent regarding Wikipedia's gazetteer functions has generally been very permissive about keeping named, populated places. In any case, the USGS National Map agrees that it exists, and the USPS has assigned it as part of ZIP Code 30035 (primarily used for nearby, much larger Decatur, GA). And it shows up on a few bizarre place-name lists. Presumably, some history exists, although almost certainly in offline materials. The pushpin map is clearly inaccurate; I'm not sufficiently familiar with the markup for them to attempt to correct it, but I'm sure someone else will be able to all fixed now, too. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:48, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. GNIS entry 333078, states its a place and it was obtained on their survey. I checked to see if this was a retail real estate source, its notCoal town guy (talk) 18:36, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Update. Here are links to a map of snapfinger as well as snapfinger elementary school http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Snapfinger&state=GA

Coal town guy (talk) 18:39, 12 October 2012 (UTC) http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/snapfinger/ I made an error in the coordinates and have corrected it, my apologies[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:45, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep As a verified settlement, this place is considered notable by long-standing precedent. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 22:06, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It is a verified community and therefore notable-thank you-RFD (talk) 23:41, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Snow Keep - Per Wikipedia's Five pillars, the encyclopedia also functions as a gazetteer, per Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Northamerica1000^(talk) 22:57, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey All- Have we decided to keep this? I in all honesty do try to see these places. I have not been to Snapfinger, but I do have friends who do as I, visit the wonderfully named places in the USA......Hey, who knows, maybe we can share some beer at Orgas WVCoal town guy (talk) 21:15, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - if you can't find it, ask - check the refs. Kneejerk nomination for deletion for a populated place implicitly says that it doesn't exist or that the nominator despite reasonable search couldn't confirm its existence. Apparently, a woefully insufficient job was done by nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:28, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  I have heard of Snapfinger Road and Snapfinger Elementary School, but I've never heard of this city. Georgia guy (talk) 00:06, 17 October 2012 (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.