Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prince, Manhattan

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Jaranda wat's sup 03:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prince, Manhattan

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Fails WP:V. Googling turns up nothing. It's been prodded since November. An inquiry on the talk page in late December was not responded to. Seems fictional. There is of course a Prince Street in Manhattan, but that doesn't seem to be what is being referred to. Maybe created by a bored NYU student? Wehwalt 12:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - Even if it isn't fictional, there is nothing in the article to indicate any kind of notability. --Onorem 12:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, fictional, unverifiable. Terence Ong 13:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I'm not a bored NYU student; I created the article because "Prince, NY" is apparently a real geographic location with ZIP code 10012. It is one of the links from List of ZIP Codes in New York. If you search Google Maps for "Prince, NY", it will indeed show up. There must be something notable enough to have a ZIP code named after it there, presumably some sort of neighborhood or defunct city. If it's not notable enough to have its own article, for completeness, this title should be redirected to Greenwich Village, or whatever other article explains why this ZIP code has this name. Getting this information might involve using ::gasp:: offline sources. -- Beland 18:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Comment Oh. A light begins to dawn. A little research indicates that the NYC post office for zip 10012 is "Prince Station" located on Prince Street.[1]. It must be a quirk of Yahoo! Maps, because when I google "Canal NY" or "Cherokee NY" (two other post office stations for other areas of Manhattan), I don't get presented with a map. Interesting. But a quirk of Yahoo! Maps does not a notable article make. Sorry about the NYU Student crack.--Wehwalt 19:04, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Delete or redirect Looks like more likely than not this is just a post office, then. Sometimes you have things like Fort Point Station, which is named after the Fort Point area in Boston, but List of Manhattan neighborhoods seems to have thoroughly mapped out this area, and Price is not on the list of neighborhoods. I have updated the ZIP code list to indicate this for future reference. To help people solve this mystery when they (like me) type "Prince, NY" into the Wikipedia search bar, should this title redirect to List of ZIP Codes in New York? -- Beland 21:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, only a post office district. The street name is not connected to a former community. --Dhartung | Talk 19:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete A post office district does not justify an article. There is no other data that this ever was a separately named neighborhood. EdJohnston 18:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - I think population centers are inherently notable, but not post office districts (unless one somehow gains notoriety).--Oakshade 08:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Per norm. Killroy4 16:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Late to the show here, but to add confusion, the USPS thinks this exists (search for Prince, NY here). An address in Prince, NY was listed in an add in an 1897 issue of Garden and Forest,[2] and a few businesses list Prince, NY addresses (although most also advertise at the same street address in NYC).[3][4] Serpent's Choice 08:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • I think we´re running into USPS policy on acceptable addresses. I know in Virginia, the USPS will accept either Älexandria or Kingstowne for zip (I think) 22315. I played with the ZIP finder, it accepted CHURCH STREET NY but warned it was not an acceptable address. In other words, it is still a post office district thing.--Wehwalt 16:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • delete this one probably if it is a fictional or fake borough yuckfoo 20:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
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.