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The result was withdrawn nomination by redirect. Non-administrator close. Rt. 15:54, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pea Ridge, Florida (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

The only evidence for Pea Ridge, Florida is Wikipedia itself. There are a Pea Ridge Elementary School and Pea Ridge Church in Santa Rosa County, but they appear to be named for Pea Ridge, a ridge (according to the USGS GNIS[1]). There are some mentions of a Pea Ridge in blogs, forums and real estate ads, but I don't see any reliable sources. That would make this article unverifiable. Donald Albury 03:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Nothing on MapQuest or Google Maps, the only relevent hit on Google is from answers.com (which is a mirror of Wikipedia). Seems to be a hoax. TJ Spyke 04:13, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I can't imagine how we could have a recognised community without the GNIS being unaware of it; the database is always being updated, so surely they would have realised it if there were such a community there. Nyttend (talk) 04:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Changing my opinion to Redirect in light of this research noted below. Nyttend (talk) 01:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keeper Apparently, Pea Ridge is an unincorporated, suburban area in Florida that has built up in the recent years. Topozone shows a church and school, as noted, close to the ridge mentioned. It may be a local name, but not an official name.Someone who lives in the immediate vicinity would have to verify it's existence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Starwalker (talk • contribs) 04:42, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • As you can see, Pea Ridge Elementary is in Pace. Uncle G (talk) 12:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Pace, Florida was called "Pea Ridge" in the 1910 Census, but was called Pace by 1912, according to this and this. The only people who believe that there's a community called "Pea Ridge" are (a) someone going by the name of "John Butler" who set up a, now defunct, web site (which is hyperlinked to in the old, deleted, version of the article) in what was apparently an attempt to invent it (the web site was campaigning for a sign to be added to the highway); and (b) the Santa Rosa County Fire Department, which took this 2004 text, after it had been copy edited in 2006, from the Wikipedia entry on Santa Rosa County, Florida and copied it almost word-for-word into its March 2007 Strategic Plan. Uncle G (talk) 05:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Pace, Florida, as an obsolete name for that place. Lankiveil (talk) 13:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC).[reply]
• Redirect as per Uncle G's research. DoubleBlue (Talk) 23:03, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 18:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• As the nominator, I now support Redirect. -- Donald Albury 17:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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