Talk:Merlin, California

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It is really quite frustrating to spend hours researching whether these Plumas County "communities" exist or don't, only to have my changes reverted by editors who imagine that they know everything within 2 seconds. There is indeed a place called Merlin, California. There is not a community. User:GameEnd, is it so difficult for you to look at the place on Google Maps satellite view, as I did, to see whether your snap assumption of a "town" is accurate? The only textual references I found to Merlin mention it only as a point along the railroad where trains stopped to take on water. See [1] (1910, "Merlin siding" with photograph showing no sign of a community); [2] (1940, train delayed at Merlin due to landslide and "food and lodging were not available"); other results returned by this search. Anyone who wants to maintain the existence of a "community" at Merlin needs to show that they have done some research, please. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 18:35, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I found the town here: https://www.google.com/maps?q=merlin+california&rlz=1CATATK_enUS839&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFppGzksrnAhWhmOAKHaEZC2QQ_AUoAXoECBMQAw GameEnd (talk) 18:38, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And what indications of a "town" do you see on that map? 73.71.251.64 (talk) 18:39, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see the name which indicates a town GameEnd (talk) 18:49, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A name does not indicate a town. Have you looked at the satellite view, as I've suggested twice? What did you see when you did? 73.71.251.64 (talk) 18:53, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There doesn't have to be houses to make it a town GameEnd (talk) 18:56, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's quite absurd. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 19:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are things called paper towns GameEnd (talk) 12:46, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you had bothered reading what I wrote above, you would know that this isn't only a name on a map, but is a historical location of something that wasn't a town. So it isn't a paper town (phantom settlement). But supposing it were (which it isn't), that wouldn't obligate Wikipedia to promote the false claim that a town exists there. Just admit that you jumped to conclusions and move on with your life. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 16:08, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]