Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crowden, Devon
Some time a go a huge number of articles were auto-created based on a download of the US census.  Ever since those articles have been defended with a  argument, regardless of the content.  As far as I know, no genuine US settlement article has ever been deleted.  I am not sure that I entirely agree with this principle personally, but it is clear-cut and if we are applying it to the US, it should be applied to the rest of the world as well.  Besides, a settlement that can be http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U8bkAAAAMAAJ&q=crowden,+Devon&dq=crowden,+Devon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2F1fUeSTFcOQ0AWFz4D4BQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATgo traced back to 1330 is a notable fact.  Peterkingiron may be right that this is not unusual for England, but is still an interesting and notable fact.  I note that estate agent sites respond to requests for Crowden, Devon (http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/houses/northlew/crowden/http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detail.html?originalIncode=&outcode=EX20&incode=&country=england&streetName=Crowden&locality=Northlew&buildType=1&propertyType=0&yearSelection=20&sortOrder=ascending&columnToSort=ADDRESS) and if for no other reason, that alone is cause for our readers to want to look it up
— User:Spinningspark, 01:45, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GEOLAND (Wikipedia:Notability)