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The result was keep. All towns etc are kept per [[WP:GEOLAND[] (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 00:25, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Madison, Tennessee[edit]

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Not an incorporated location, unable to find any evidence of notability Kendall-K1 (talk) 17:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Looks like is a county. The lead currently notes that it is a "neighborhood", in which case would be insignificant. Meatsgains (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neighborhoods can be significant. See Category:Lists of neighborhoods in U.S. cities for links to many neighborhood articles. It would be good to recreate a Neighborhoods of Nashville (was in this form when it was redirected back in 2010), or, better, a List of neighborhoods of Nashville-Davidson County list-article though, so that less signficant neighborhoods can be covered as list-items instead of by separate articles. There seems to be enough about Madison separately to justify it having a separate article in addition to appearing in a list-article, however. (Contrast to the mini-stub articles within Neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky, for example.) --do ncr am 18:41, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It is one of the 14 community planning districts for land use/zoning in Nashville-Davidson County; see it on the map on this page. The current official plan for it is an 89-page document. It is also one of the named residential areas used in real estate; see it on this map. In Google maps, its location can be seen at "Madison, Nashville, Tennessee". I added some info to the article. --do ncr am 18:20, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 19:30, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Meatsgains, you've confused this with Madison County, Tennessee. Local government in Davidson County is odd, because the county is partly consolidated with the city of Nashville (but not fully consolidated; see comments at Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee), but overall this probably should be treated as a city neighborhood. Neighborhoods of large cities aren't automatically considered notable, but they very often can be demonstrated to be notable. You might try looking for information in History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, for example. Nyttend (talk) 21:27, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. The question becomes whether or not the neighborhood is notable, and it seems from the discussion above, it is. Meatsgains (talk) 22:06, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I see evidence that it exists. I do not see evidence of notability, which would require "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Kendall-K1 (talk) 22:11, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Most reliable sources I am finding use it in passing mention noting it as a location without going into detail. Meatsgains (talk) 00:17, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out that this is true of the book I found; it mentions a rail line going nearby, the national cemetery one mile away, and the organization of the local Presbyterian church, plus President James Madison and assorted people living nearby, but I didn't find any solid attention to the community itself. I've not consulted any other sources. Nyttend (talk) 01:39, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep - per WP:GEOLAND. This is a legally recognized place, per GNIS. It's also on every map I looked at...even Bing. Magnolia677 (talk) 01:38, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Does GNIS listing imply legal recognition? Madison is a "populated place" which "by definition has no legal boundaries." Certainly there are many named natural features in GNIS that are not notable. Kendall-K1 (talk) 02:27, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There certainly are, but not this one. It's on Bing. Magnolia677 (talk) 04:36, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - clearly passes WP:GEOLAND VMS Mosaic (talk) 04:14, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It's a populated place which has been verified to exist, and its existence is noted in an official government source, which is good enough to meet our notability guidelines. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 04:27, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above reasons-thank you-RFD (talk) 13:18, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:00, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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