Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mallard Lake trail
to Yellowstone National Park.  This trail is beautiful (I've hiked it) but isn't especially noted and featured enough for an encyclopedic article.  One reason (not mentioned in the nominated stub) that it's noted among a small circle of biologists is that it's been studied for regrowth since the 1988 fires that were reported worldwide; thousands of new trees have been growing among stands of utterly burnt trunks.  A http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Mallard+Lake%22+trail&btnG=Google+Search Google search shows that the trail is listed in some trail guides that are independent of the National Park Service (Yellowstone's caretaker), as well as less attributable sources such as personal hiking blogs, but I don't think there's enough.  Maybe a Park naturalist could provide enough history and book citations (such as Aubrey Haines' and Lee Whittlesey's books, I haven't checked Google Books) to make a new article, in which case it should be welcomed.  But this stub doesn't assert any notability nor provide any sources.  I'm not aware of much historical relevance, and if the trail has some |attributable sources that are more like "featured" rather than "passing mention" or "directory entry", this belongs in Yellowstone National Park which doesn't currently have a trails section, let alone a "Trails of ..." breakout article that Mallard Lake Trail might be merged to
— User:Barno, 15:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:ATT (Wikipedia:Attribution)