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239:. Check any detailed road atlas of Ontario, you'll find Boston in there. It's very small (basically one intersection), and as TruthbringerToronto mentioned, the mail is handled by Waterford. (So Boston Public School would have a Waterford address.) And for what it's worth, I've been there... 432:
Verifiable locale, I've driven through it a couple of times, street signage remains as "Boston", notable for several buildings, residents refer to their place of residence as "Boston", several never-incorporated places of note exist in Ontario (see
280:. Verifiable settlements are inherently notable, and a quick Google search revealed a number of references to Boston, Ontario. It's big enough to have a Baptist Church, it's big enough to have a Knowledge article. 366:
with Waterford, though? I am very, very, wary about any town article that can't give an exact population count, especially in a nation that conducts a very professional census. The size doesn't matter --
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I don't have enough time to correct that. I've speedied a few articles created by this user and blocked him indefinitely.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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since the only notablity guideline (that I know of) for a location is the verification of it's existance. ---
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is only 14 -- but it has to be exact, or else we can't tell where one town ends and the next begins.--
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Nuke from orbit, along with the author, who's wasted way too much time and effort by a lot of people.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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I believe it's a hoax. The creator is known to have created many hoaxes over wikipedia. See
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is not a hoax. It is listed as an unincorporated area in the Atlas of Canada
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acknowledges it (as evidenced by the name of the public school), as well as
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Mail for Boston is handled through the Waterford post office. --
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
211:. I checked the Government of Canada's Atlas of Canada, and 216: 71: 114:, which is mentioned in the article, is a real school 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 489:). No further edits should be made to this page. 437:) (although Boston is much smaller in size) -- 8: 48:. Nom withdrew, confirmed on my talk page 121:. In case anyone was wondering. :) 7: 362:Fair enough. Would you object to a 117:, but it is located in the city of 24: 337:Grand Erie District School Board 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 1: 331:, as Boston is serviced by a 157:Unblocked after verification 472:16:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC) 449:01:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC) 425:01:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC) 406:23:06, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 392:23:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 354:22:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 317:22:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 285:22:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 273:22:01, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 258:21:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 244:20:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 232:17:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 203:16:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 183:16:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 171:16:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 153:16:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 134:16:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 103:15:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 84:15:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC) 57:19:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC) 506: 253:Existance is verifiable. 482:Please do not modify it. 217:http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca 32:Please do not modify it. 369:S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania 327:considers it part of 112:Boston Public School 72:report for vandalism 221:TruthbringerToronto 76:Verified. Apologies 119:Waterford, Ontario 447: 423: 158: 77: 497: 484: 443: 435:Orléans, Ontario 419: 386: 378: 311: 303: 156: 132: 100: 97: 75: 54:SynergeticMaggot 34: 505: 504: 500: 499: 498: 496: 495: 494: 493: 487:deletion review 480: 384: 376: 309: 301: 213:Boston, Ontario 180:Michael Greiner 122: 98: 95: 67: 64:Boston, Ontario 44:The result was 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 503: 501: 492: 491: 475: 474: 452: 451: 427: 408: 401:. Verifiable. 396: 395: 394: 357: 356: 341:Norfolk County 320: 319: 287: 275: 260: 247: 246: 234: 206: 185: 173: 160: 159: 137: 136: 105: 66: 61: 59: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 502: 490: 488: 483: 477: 476: 473: 469: 465: 461: 457: 454: 453: 450: 446: 442: 441: 436: 431: 428: 426: 422: 418: 417: 412: 409: 407: 404: 400: 397: 393: 390: 387: 382: 379: 374: 370: 365: 361: 360: 359: 358: 355: 352: 348: 346: 342: 338: 334: 330: 326: 322: 321: 318: 315: 312: 307: 304: 299: 295: 291: 288: 286: 283: 279: 276: 274: 271: 268: 264: 261: 259: 256: 252: 249: 248: 245: 242: 238: 235: 233: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 207: 205: 204: 201: 198: 195:GC1, A1, and 194: 190: 189:Speedy Delete 186: 184: 181: 177: 176:Speedy Delete 174: 172: 169: 165: 162: 161: 155: 154: 151: 146: 142: 139: 138: 135: 131: 130: 126: 120: 116: 113: 109: 106: 104: 101: 92: 89: 88: 87: 86: 85: 82: 74: 73: 65: 62: 60: 58: 55: 51: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 481: 478: 455: 439: 429: 415: 410: 398: 363: 289: 277: 262: 250: 236: 208: 188: 187: 175: 163: 148: 144: 140: 123: 107: 90: 79: 69: 68: 45: 43: 31: 28: 333:rural route 325:Canada Post 178:as a hoax. 46:Speedy keep 255:will381796 329:Waterford 229:contribs) 403:BoojiBoy 282:23skidoo 168:Fan-1967 411:Comment 292:as per 265:as per 197:WP:HOAX 191:as per 141:Comment 125:Fopkins 345:hamlet 335:. The 290:Delete 263:Delete 193:WP:CSD 164:Delete 150:Szvest 108:Delete 96:Kungfu 91:Delete 81:Szvest 440:Samir 416:Samir 364:merge 351:CODOR 343:as a 323:Only 294:WP:NN 267:WP:NN 241:CODOR 16:< 456:Keep 445:धर्म 430:Keep 421:धर्म 399:Keep 278:Keep 270:ST47 251:Keep 237:Keep 225:Talk 209:Keep 200:ST47 129:Talk 99:Adam 50:here 460:J.S 389:ino 314:ino 147:-- 143:-- 78:-- 470:) 349:. 227:| 127:| 52:. 468:c 466:| 464:t 462:( 385:ē 381:r 377:@ 373:M 310:ē 306:r 302:@ 298:M 223:(

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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
here
SynergeticMaggot
19:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Boston, Ontario
report for vandalism
Szvest
15:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Kungfu Adam
15:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Boston Public School

Waterford, Ontario
Fopkins
Talk
16:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Szvest
16:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Fan-1967
16:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Michael Greiner
16:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
WP:CSD
WP:HOAX
ST47
16:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Boston, Ontario
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca
TruthbringerToronto

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