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The result was merge to Drinking fountains in Philadelphia. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 18:25, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Horse Trough at 315 S 9th St (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Prod rationale was Non-notable horse through trough. It's old, but that's not enough for notability. A city-level register of historic places is not enough to pass WP:GEOFEAT. I'm struggling to find coverage for this particular site. This is just a table listing and almost suggests it doesn't have a name beyond "Horse trough". Another brief listing. It exists, it's old, and it has a bland name. That's about all that I can find about this, and it doesn't meet WP:GEOFEAT or WP:GNG.. Deprodded by Spinningspark stating that if Wilson Cary Swann or Philadelphia Fountain Society existed, it could be merged there. However, GEOFEAT is still not met, GNG is not met, and since neither of the merge targets exist at the moment, to AFD this goes. Hog Farm _Bacon 01:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 01:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 01:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Create a stub at Philadelphia Fountain Society and merge there. Both the society and its founder, Wilson Cary Swann, are notable. They are both discussed in this book and this one. I'm going to ask for a copy of the listing proposal for this at WP:RX. It might possibly have enough information to write a standalone article, but if not will at least provide a source to confirm that this fountain is one of Swann's society. SpinningSpark 09:34, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Collectively, the horse troughs installed by the Womens Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (WPSPCA) and others and designated as historical objects by Philadelphia are notable as evidenced by the coverage by WHYY: Curbside refreshment for man and beast, now added at the article. 24.151.56.107 (talk) 17:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to to Drinking fountains in Philadelphia per creation and arguments below. Nice work. 24.151.56.107 (talk) 15:49, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Coverage is minimal, and not all historical objects are notable. –dlthewave ☎ 17:10, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Non notable fountain. Maybe a merge, but I don't know where. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:06, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 11:16, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. How about rewriting this into an article about all the horse throughs installed by the Society that the anon mentions? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Caroline_Earle_White#Women's_Humane_Society. The fountain itself is not encyclopedic but its origins are. --Lockley (talk) 05:14, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge, I guess, after new article created, not checking.--Doncram (talk) 19:44, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Was: "Keep", for now at least, unless or until it might be merged into a larger article that covers the topic better. It is apparently an officially designated local historic site (one of 5 horse troughs listed), and the article carries a photo and has other info, is apparently tangible evidence of historical events. Wikipedia is not required to have a separate article about each separate historic site which exists, because many might be better covered as items in a larger list whose article provides context. Discussion above has not clearly identified a merger target article. I don't think AFD process is suitable for forcing development of coverage about persons, societies, places mentioned above. There is substantial info here which should not be lost or made inaccessible/unlikely to be found by future editors. We should defer to future editors actually developing about these topics, who would be free to merge this article without an AFD being necessary. --Doncram (talk) 22:18, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Fails WP:GEOFEAT. What's next, a page for each individual old brick? KidAd talk 00:05, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Individual old bricks are not generally listed structures whereas this horse trough is. That makes a prima facie case for at least looking at it, and not tossing it out of hand. SpinningSpark 07:51, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And it's not out of the question that an individual brick might be notable. Brick 90136 in the British Museum is discussed in this book and gets mentioned in quite a few others. SpinningSpark 16:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I will be happy to vote Delete! in that AfD as well. KidAd talk 16:57, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• 'Redirect' or Merge to Caroline_Earle_White#Women's_Humane_Society. I created a rudimentary stub at Philadelphia Fountain Society, Spinningspark, but I don't think this particular fountain was associated with the Fountain Society. Of course, if it was, merge there. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:40, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge to Drinking fountains in Philadelphia, new article. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:36, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to.... somewhere. Hi @Doncram, Spinningspark, Piotrus, and Eddie891:, responding to your comments above, looks like we agree that this horse trough doesn't reach notability by itself, but there's a history here, touching on multiple people & social issues, worthy of encyclopedic coverage. I've expanded the article with some of that history -- please have a quick look. There were dozens of fountains and many remain. I'm hoping for your opinion about an appropriate new merge target which would cover all such fountains and their sponsors, called something like Philadelphia public drinking fountains, which I would gladly help build. Ideas welcome. --Lockley (talk) 20:23, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think that’s a good idea— id help build the draft as well. I would happily merge the Philadelphia fountain society to that article because it seems to be permastubby as is. Let’s get something live at Draft:Philadelphia public drinking fountains and we can make it into an acceptable merge target? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:36, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are they drinking fountains or just … fountains? Be a bit difficult to drink from the one on the cover of [1], surely … AleatoryPonderings (talk) 23:24, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this article is specifically about fountains & horse troughs meant for public consumption, not every fountain in Philly. --Lockley (talk) 00:05, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I bet I could drink out of that if I tried :P -- Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:22, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've started to work on a draft, Lockley. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 02:12, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like a good solution. Redirect there after it is mainspaced. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:10, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep A nice, simple, vernacular historic artifact. Can't you go tear down a CSA statue or something? Carptrash (talk) 21:40, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The entry in the register is adequate to establish this as a notable historic feature. Whether it might be consolidated into a more general article about the fountains or the district or the parties involved is a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion, per our policies WP:ATD, WP:NOTPAPER and WP:PRESERVE. Note that policies trump guidelines. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Andrew Davidson: - The first part of your statement is rather problematic. The entry in the register does not establish notability. WP:GEOFEAT has the treshhold of national register, although in practice, it seems like this gets expanded for most state-level sites in the US. This fountain is on a local register, which falls several rungs below the GEOFEAT standard. Hog Farm _Bacon 20:53, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Caroline_Earle_White#Women's_Humane_Society or Philadelphia Fountain Society Drinking fountains in Philadelphia. Content in article is largely about the societies. The individual trough is not notable, rather the history of concern for horses and troughs in the city more generally. City-level historical registers do not bestow or establish automatic notability. Reywas92^Talk 20:41, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Drinking fountains in Philadelphia, newly created article as a result of this AfD. --Lockley (talk) 04:56, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge (or, basically, redirect) to Drinking fountains in Philadelphia per Eddie and Lockley. We've basically already merged it. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 05:47, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• @Doncram, Spinningspark, Piotrus, and Reywas92:, courtesy ping as you all suggested merging somewhere. The newly created Drinking fountains in Philadelphia article may be the best merge target now, though it (obviously didn't exist when the AFD began). Thoughts? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 11:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That looks good to me. SpinningSpark 12:56, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Drinking fountains in Philadelphia. Good solution. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:36, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Drinking fountains in Philadelphia: per the above   // Timothy :: talk  19:35, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge as suggested by others. This is an appropriate outcome for something that is NN by itself. By the way, a charity for providing horse troughs in the city of London still exists, but it now provides other water-related benefits, such as boreholes for villages in Africa. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:05, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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