Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taaid

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The result was no consensus‎. Closing as no consensus to reflect the weakness of the keep !votes; no prejudice against redirecting to somewhere reasonable, or relisting if an Arabic-capable editor finds solid evidence against WP:GEOLAND for this place. asilvering (talk) 20:52, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taaid

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Only source appears to be a self-published site. No further sources on Lebanese wiki. — Moriwen (talk) 19:03, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lebanon-related deletion discussions. — Moriwen (talk) 19:03, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Moriwen, Quick question, since this is a physical location, and appears on multiple reliable weather sources, does it not seem to count? I'm just curious. if there's any WP guideline for for locations, please kindly drop so I can read. Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 19:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:00, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The guideline is WP:GEOLAND which Taaid appears to meet, assuming that it's status as a municipality can be verified by reliable sources. However I couldn't find an entry in [1] [2], either reliable source I checked. Eluchil404 (talk) 00:04, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is really a municipality? I can't find anything on it at City Population and the Arabic article appears to describe it as a village. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep I can't prove it due to a language barrier, but this village does appear to meet WP:GEOLAND (can verify it exists). SportingFlyer T·C 21:08, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It does appear to meet WP:GEOLAND, which states "Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low." The source given in the article may be of questionable reliability - its home page says, according to Google Translate, "Electoral facts about Lebanon ... The data presented, throughout the site, is derived from the static files on disks purchased by me from the Lebanese Ministry of Interior, relating to the 2014 voter lists for the parliamentary elections, which I converted into databases that can be queried to obtain the desired data reports." So apparently compiled by one individual, with no editorial oversight - but if the official voter lists include this place, presumably it is both populated and legally recognized. I found another website [3] which seems to be reliable - it says Taaïd is a "Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". Further down that page are listed nearby localities, including many described as caves, unnamed quarries and other geological features - which Taaïd is not. It also gives several alternate romanised spellings of the name - T`id, Ta`id, Taaid, Taaïd, T‘īd, Ţa‘īd - which adds to the complexity of searching for English-language sources. I think we'd need access to (and understanding of) Arabic language sources to find more references, but in the meantime, keep it as meeting WP:GEOLAND. RebeccaGreen (talk) 06:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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