Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Verdis

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The result was speedy delete. Salting will follow this deletion. Missvain (talk) 20:58, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Verdis

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Previously deleted 14 months ago (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free Republic of Verdis), this micronation seems to have shrunk from 109 to 75 citizens in the meantime, while still not having accrued anything like sufficient coverage. (I don't know what the previous iteration looked like, so I'm not going to CSD G4) Sources consist of "governmental" material (4/10), press releases (3/10), a promo blurb, and the same RTL write-up twice. That's not getting anywhere near WP:GNG. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 23:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Where has it gone down to 75 citizens? Official Verdis source says reached over 1,000. https://www.verdisgov.org/about — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.150.36.255 (talk) 23:48, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's in that doubled-up RTL source, however I see that that is from 2019, so probably out of date. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 00:40, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 23:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 23:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per G4 and salt due to the history at Free Republic of Verdis and Verdis. I was able to view the version deleted at AfD, and the recreated version offers no new sources that meaningfully contribute to notability. The Lika article is a duplicate of the RTL article which was in the article at the time of deletion and the remaining sources are the project's own website/social media and press releases. Spicy (talk) 23:35, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect - I suggest just creating a redirect as approved a while ago by Spicy himself and Rosguill. I believe that although it may not be notable enough for an article now, it is at least notable enough for a redirect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.150.36.255 (talk) 23:46, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Restore redirect and add indefinite ECP for the same reason as Spicy's argument for salting. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 23:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and salt as per Spicy.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 00:51, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and no redirect. I don't see evidence this is more notable than an Illinois football player or an Idaho contractor. The "coverage" appears to just be press releases and their own website. power~enwiki (π, ν) 05:48, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without redirect - this is just a figment of someone's imagination. SportingFlyer T·C 21:24, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Editors with the above perspective should probably remove the mention from Terra nullius _signed,Rosguill ^talk 21:46, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine by me. SportingFlyer T·C 22:24, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and salt - we've been through this, and the only reason this page exists at all is that the creator knew Free Republic of Verdis had already been salted, but wanted to create the article anyway. MarginalCost (talk) 06:51, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.