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Eddy, Indiana

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Topos show this to a be the location of a passing siding, which is confirmed by old tax records, but there's no indication of a town here, and the county history I found only mentions people named Eddy. Mangoe (talk) 11:11, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no indication of a town here. just a post office. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 17:58, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Westland, Putnam County, Indiana

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A failed village. As a rule we have deleted these. Mangoe (talk) 02:10, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: GNIS is not sufficient for an article. We need real sources, of which I could find none. Satellite view shows a bend in the road. Not notable. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:19, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Birchmount Park-Warden Woods, Toronto

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I don't think this neighbourhood exists; none of the sources cited mention it and I can't find anything else online. There is a Birchmount Park and a Warden Woods, but they are not a thing together. Nominating for AfD since there's a contested PROD, but fairly certain this is a neologism. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:44, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - non-existant neighborhood. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 01:43, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of United Kingdom county name etymologies

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disperse into etymology sections of the corresponding entities and then delete. The page is woefully underrefenced, most probably because it lacks eyeballs: when there is an etymology section in the individual page, it is a way higher chance it will be verified. The very fact that it does not have "refimprove" tag shows that nobody cares/sees it. --Altenmann >talk 04:02, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Disperse per nom. Little added value in bringing these together on one page. Wire723 (talk) 11:29, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Springhill, Dublin

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Entirely unsourced. If references could be found to make any of this notable, it could be included in Garristown. My general and News Google searches don't seem to assist. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 14:05, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. It is entirely unclear what the intended subject is here. The original author claims (without references) that "Springhill is a tiny community, with around six tightly grouped houses". If that is an accurate description of the intended subject, then it is unlikely to meet WP:NPLACE. None of the links in the article support the text (many do not even mention a place called Springhill) and therefore cannot be used to support a claim to notability. Or, frankly, even help figure-out what that actual subject is or was intended to be. The only place that I can find (using OR and Google Maps) to even make a GUESS as to what the intended subject is this this area of Grallagh townland in Grallagh civil parish. Which is marked on Google Maps as "Springhill". And which is "nearby Grallagh graveyard" (as given in the body) and also near the former site of "Wyanstown House" (also mentioned in the body). And appears to have some kind of equestrian facility (as mentioned in the body). HOWEVER, we should NOT HAVE TO RELY on WP:OR and WP:SYNTH to guess/establish what the author was possibly referring to. And, even if that was the intended subject, the "official" name of this area (townland/civil parish/etc) appears to be Grallagh. Not "Springhill". (FYI. I note that there is a "Springhill" townland, of approximately 63 acres, in the civil parish of Cloghran (Coolock). However, this appears to be an entirely different subject to the one intended by the author. Being at least 25km away in a completely different part of the county. And, while we could perhaps re-scope this title to cover that subject I note that (a) the small townland contains just one home and some fields and doesn't meet NGEO, and (b) if we wanted to do this then WP:STARTOVER would likely apply). In short: I agree with the nom. There are no sources to establish notability. Or even to establish what the intended topic is/was. The EN Wikipedia project is not improved (and is likely disadvantaged) by having such an article. Guliolopez (talk) 15:54, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - tiny hamlet that's difficult to source. Make it a soft delete in case circumstances change. Bearian (talk) 08:06, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Spleodrach (talk) 07:32, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cresco, Indiana

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At least looking at the maps, Cresco didn't grow, and as you might expect from the post office dates, according to this county history, that's all it ever was. Mangoe (talk) 16:13, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Only one passing mention found, outside of WP mirror sites and sites that obviously scrape WP data. Fails WP:NPLACE. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:NPLACE. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 14:44, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Needs more than just one mention to constitute being a notable place. We need more RSes to justify inclusion RE notability. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 17:15, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unity, Idaho

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Fails WP:NPLACE, There is a irrigation center, and a handful of houses, but nothing noteworthy about this "community". ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 20:55, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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If there was never a community named Unity in the area, why was it on listed on maps? However, you are correct in that there is not much left now of the former community. An Errant Knight (talk) 21:33, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Permit me to introduce you to WP:GNIS so that you may become acquainted with the variety of things (mis)labelled on the maps. Mangoe (talk) 03:07, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep
- This source states that Unity was a populated place.
- This source calls it a "community".
- The county recognizes Unity as a voting precinct. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:22, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
delete The references to Unity as a precinct are clarified by the actual map, which shows that the spot labelled "Unity" on the topos is very much smaller area than the precinct as a whole (it's in the lower left corner of the little stub piece sticking out at the top, just south of the river). Its extent also explains the otherwise questionably large population figure, which is for the whole precinct and not just that small corner of it. "Community" I must dismiss as a more or less vacuous term. By contrast, what the topos make clear is that this was (and seemingly still is) a rail spot, for they show a siding and some largish buildings as well as several smaller ones in a small cluster. As for text, almost everything I found related to an electrical substation here. I'm just not seeing the evidence that there was a settlement at this point. Mangoe (talk) 03:07, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - it seems that Frisfron has added sources about Unity's past, which has got me believing this was at least a somewhat community in the past. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 05:14, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Change vote to Keep - it seems that Frisfrom has completely revamped the article, which I can absolutely confirm that this community was absolutely a noteworthy one. I'm thinking of withdrawing the nomitation. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 13:56, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can't withdraw the nomination, because another editor has voted to delete. Magnolia677 (talk) 14:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Wikipedia:HEY. Djflem (talk) 18:29, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't think a thorough WP:BEFORE search was done prior to the nominator nominating this article for deletion because there are multiple books which talk about this town's founding, in 1907 and 1908. Multiple sources announced the creation of this community, and there is significant coverage. I was able to revamp this article, adding sourcing, although much more work could be done. This community is covered in newspaper archives from at least a dozen newspapers, and it continues to receive some coverage, at least in obits, which refer to it as a community. I feel like I only scratched the surface with the sourcing; there are additional sources at the Library of Congress. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Riverside, Canyon County, Idaho

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Fails WP:NPLACE, seems to be nothing more than just a post. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 18:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete This book: [1] describes it as an irrigation district. These are generally not notable, and are certainly not "communities". Fails WP:NPLACE. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:21, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Basin, Idaho

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Fails WP:NPLACE and WP:GNG. Satellite views shows this is nothing more than just a post that features only show a house with a barn. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 18:40, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Not notable, although nonspecific name makes it hard to find sources about this place. If such sources could be found I might reconsider. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:18, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
delete If there was ever anything here besides a single farm, it was long ago. Mangoe (talk) 02:37, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Antelope Center, California

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPLACE, Nothing more than a post. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 18:07, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. There's a CDP called "antelope," but it's in Sacramento. I think this is a neighborhood, failing NPLACE and the GNG. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 19:03, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. or Merge with Antelope Valley. There really is such a place, but too small for its own article. — Maile (talk) 01:12, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

delete or possibly redirect to ~~Sun Valley, California~~ Sun Village, California, in which CDP this spot lies. This seems to be a name at the NW corner of the great sprawl which is Sun Vallage, but I cannot find any evidence that it was a settlement unto itself, and Gbook hits are all appearances in various lists of place names which don't say anything of substance. Mangoe (talk) 13:02, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm confused, one person says it's a real place in Antelope Valley, one says it's in Sacramento, and one says it's in Sun Valley. I have never heard of an "Antelope Center" part of Sun Valley. and I've been to Sun Valley many times before. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 18:41, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, mistyped. It's Sun Village. not sun Valley. Mangoe (talk) 19:47, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. I suggest the article be merge to Antelope Valley.Frank Ken (talk) 11:46, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cactus City, California

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPLACE. Seems to be just a rest stop. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 18:25, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. This place is not a place according to the US census, and fails the GNG along with that. No mention in the gazeteer file for the us census in CA, -- [2] AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 18:54, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence this was ever a place that met GNG/NPLACE. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:51, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This fails to meet WP:NPLACE and just the WP:GNG generally. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 13:53, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. More of a village than a city. Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 22:26, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is not a reason for deletion Geschichte (talk) 04:41, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
delete At the moment the only real testimony for this is Durham, and without seeing what he actually said, we cannot trust this statement: he has been misrepresented in these articles. Everything else I could find was a hit on the place in Texas or related to either a pipeline pumping station or a proposed power line, except for a self-published book about a cross-country trip in which the travellers stop at a store here for ice. That part of the story is plausible, based on what the topos and the one old aerial show, but they also are entirely consistent with the store being the only thing here; in any case everything was wiped away in favor of the rest area, which is considerably larger in extent than anything preceding it. Mangoe (talk) 13:22, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Krishnampalli

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Does not meet Wikipedia:Notability. Could find no significant coverage or sources to establish notability and certainly not to class it as either populous or legally recognised under Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Coldupnorth (talk) 08:50, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, per nom. -Samoht27 (talk) 16:00, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - places don't have to be "populous", merely populated, and no-one can actually say what "legally recognised" is supposed to mean outside the US... Ingratis (talk) 09:37, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is it included on Indian census documentation? If so then that's a good sign its recognized to some legal capacity. -Samoht27 (talk) 15:59, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

and can you please add the link to the first AfD nomination? Ingratis (talk) 09:40, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It can be found here, for easy access. Ré union! 22:37, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you will look carefully, there is a box for previous nominations at the top of every AfD entry, which is where the link should have been and where I have now added it, since the nomr hasn't. Ingratis (talk) 07:39, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom - if SIGCOV does end up being found, I'd support a redirect to Krishnampalle, per Mccapra in the previous nomination. Ré union! 22:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~This is not the same place as Krishnampalle. Ingratis (talk) 07:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)~~ superseded:[reply]

Redirect to Chendathur. There are several places called Krishnampalli / Krishnampalle, and this particular one, as nom states, apparently fails WP:GEOLAND in that although it can be shown to ba a (very small) populated place it doesn't seem to meet any interpretation of "legally recognised" and lacks the SIGCOV for GNG. There are sources confirming that it's a hamlet in the village / taluk of Chendathur - refs added to that article. Ingratis (talk) 13:16, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ainsworth Corner, California

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Fails WP:NPLACE and WP:GNG. This is most likely just a post more than a community. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 23:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. not recorded as an official place in the US census.[3]. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 23:57, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Puviyur

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Unreferenced stub with no sources that I could find, seems to not even be a legally recognized governmental entity and probably fails WP:NPLACE. South Azerbaijani Wikipedia has an article on this subject, but it is similarly unreferenced. -Samoht27 (talk) 21:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment did you look for Tamil sources? AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 22:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete while researching for the Paramarthalingapuram AfD, I found that Puviyor does not appear in this Tamil Nadu census document -- [4] -- , meaning that it isn't a census designated place (India equivalent) and fails WP:NPLACE as mentioned by nominator. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 23:24, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable and no significant coverage or sources available to establish notability. Coldupnorth (talk) 08:29, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paramarthalingapuram

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Unreferenced article with very few sources found, and the few that do exist are not in-depth coverage. The South Azerbaijani version of the article is similarly unreferenced. -Samoht27 (talk) 21:26, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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comment The coordinates are too imprecise to allow validating this against maps. Mangoe (talk) 22:25, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- Bad source, I know, but I found this on apple maps. This place doesn't show up on Indian geosurvey maps; the census website wouldn't load -- would be great if someone checked that. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 22:52, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- upon further research, I found this census document--https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s38fe0093bb30d6f8c31474bd0764e6ac0/uploads/2018/04/2018042514.pdf -- doesn't look like this is a census designated place, failing WP:NPLACE. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 23:18, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable. No significant coverage, I could find no sources to establish notability. Coldupnorth (talk) 08:40, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete agree with nominator. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 19:19, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Black Horse, Pennsylvania

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Unincorporated community that fails WP:GNG, Could not find any secondary sources. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 19:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Appears to have just been a post office: [5], which isn't enough for WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:19, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not a place according to the US census, therefore failing WP:NPLACE. -- [6]

AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 23:49, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per nom. Doesn't meet WP:NPLACE. -- Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 15:15, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Palitsi Reservoir

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Unreferenced article about a seemingly unnotable location. Couldn't find reliable sources anywhere I looked. -Samoht27 (talk) 19:49, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: This location doesn't seem notable for the public, based on the independent media citations out there (or lack thereof). Doctorstrange617 (talk) 20:14, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete:Not notable. A search basically establishes it exists with a small dam and there is a small hotel but no widespread coverage. Coldupnorth (talk) 08:42, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:TNT - it's been unsourced for almost 16 years, is from a red-linked location that might not exist, and seems to be promoting some campsite, but it's so poorly written that I can't tell for certain. Bearian (talk) 22:47, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Palitsi Dam Complex appears to be a hotel. Not finding much about the actual reservoir or village called Palitsi, though it seems there were plans to improve the road between Palitsi and Chakali funded by the Program for Rural Development. Could imagine an argument to keep based on either WP:GEOLAND or WP:NBUILDING but we would need reliable sources demonstrating that either of those criteria have been met. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:36, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lusik

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I cannot find any evidence whatsoever for the existance of this town. The only references I can find online are copies of this - frankly terribly written - article, which itself reads like some bizzare advert. I've tried looking at maps of Papua New Guinea and cannot find this place whatsoever. I believe this is either a long-lived hoax, or a very minor and non notable settlement. Trying to find any evidence of the supposed mythical creatures or the chief in the article also give no results leading me to believe this may be entirely fictional. Regardless it is not suitable for Wikipedia.

I did PROD this article but it was contested, leadimg me to nom here.

Edit; I have found some evidence of existance, https://peachin.com/among-the-tribes-of-papua-new-guinea/ but I'm not convinced this is enough for notability. CoconutOctopus talk 18:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Marut is at least on a map, but I can't otherwise verify any of this. SportingFlyer T·C 19:25, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Even if it could be found on a map, it would need to be rewritten and it's unlikely references could be found to all the infoBlackballnz (talk) 07:58, 7 May 2025 (UTC) in the article.[reply]

Delete - Other than the peachin.com article, there is minimal info on the subject. I found Marut on open maps [7] though. -- Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 16:01, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Hill, Indiana

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It is literally a hill and is so labelled on older topos. At about fifty feet higher than its surroundings it is hardly imposing and I should think is of little note as a physical feature, but in any case it isn't a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 15:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Junk, false article from negligent editor. Here's the topo map showing a literal hill, not a community: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=c698c34ada6aa95bba7feb588aa93a21. Reywas92^Talk 15:44, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, fails WP:NFEAT and doesn't apply to WP:NPLACE. -Samoht27 (talk) 17:39, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - part WP:MADEUP. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 23:18, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails WP:NFEAT. VortexPhantom🔥 (talk) 09:17, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vanni forest

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Article is about forests in the Vanni region without specific mention of a named forest. Sources are either links to sat images or references that does not deal with a location called the "Vanni forest" and the page Natural forests in Sri Lanka already exists. -UtoD 11:32, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Lake Grouse

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No indication of significant coverage in article or a BEFORE search - the sources in the article are trivial mentions and Google Earth links. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:37, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep and move. It's a small little lake, does pass WP:GEOFEAT especially once you realise it's mis-titled: "Grouse Lake." SportingFlyer T·C 21:48, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@SportingFlyer: I assume you mean WP:NATFEAT, as GEOFEAT is for artificial features. NATFEAT is a not a presumption of notability and still requires coverage that meets WP:GNG. What sources do you see that meet that standard? Those currently in the article are Google Earth imagery (sources 1, 4, 5, 6), two directory listings (2, 3), three sentences in a fishing guide (7), and one that does not mention the article subject at all (8). None of those qualify as significant coverage. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:01, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I did mean WP:GEONATURAL, and no, NATFEAT does NOT require GNG. The test isThe number of known sources should be considered to ensure there is enough verifiable content for an encyclopedic article. A quick search of "Grouse Lake" shows that is the case. SportingFlyer T·C 09:16, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — So this is attempting to be another discussion based solely on the mere presence or absence of certain sources? Are you assuming good faith towards the offline source, which looks pretty solid to me? As the revision history shows this to be a port from it.wiki, there's already the presumption of a lack of good faith towards an article creator who may not be entirely proficient in English. Perhaps more importantly, is AFC going to be called on the carpet for their lack of due diligence prior to moving this into article space? (These questions and many others will be answered on the next episode of Soap!) RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 06:00, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of villages in Missouri

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Already merged with "List of Municipalities in Missouri". Notaoffensivename (talk) 02:42, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: For legal reasons, mergers are almost never reasons to delete due to the need to retain attributions. Even at that, a {{Being merged}} tag was removed from this list last year by Nythar (talk · contribs) sayingno such consensus exists (in reference to the proposed merger). (For what it's worth, a similar tag was not removed from the list of cities in Missouri, which the nominator has also proposed to delete.) It would not surprise me if this nomination ends up not leading to anything, but at this time have little opinion beyond that. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:13, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep perfectly valid navigational list, and the merge target is the worst article of the three proposed. SportingFlyer T·C 07:35, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Villages are by no means so different that they should be listed separately from the list of all municipalities. This is purely redundant and serves no purpose, List of municipalities in Missouri provides the exact same navigation but with data that isn't just bulleted blue links. You should merge the lead info as well. Reywas92^Talk 15:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per Category:Lists of villages in the United States and Category:Lists of villages by country These seem to be accepted lists used by country and others. This seems to be global category listings. And as usual with Wikipedia, different styles for different places.— Maile (talk) 00:50, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- No, only a few other states have village lists, and in cases like List of villages in Massachusetts, the villages are not incorporated so they must be listed separately from actual municipalities, or in Guam, they are all of the municipalities and this is the only list for it. Several others in the category are the primary municipality list where the villages are included, just like List of municipalities in Missouri! In Missouri, villages are incorporated municipalities that are already listed in the main list, and there is nothing special about them that justifies a duplicate listing. Villages in other countries are obviously going to be too different to compare, but the style for Missouri should be to list the incorporated places together, without pointless redundancy. The fact that village lists are accepted elsewhere has no bearing on this page. Reywas92^Talk 01:44, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Dead Dog Beach

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Poorly sourced, and not notable enough to have a standalone article. Most of the article discusses topics that are only tangentially related. Better to merge the relevant information into Sato Project and/or Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Stonkaments (talk) 22:40, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge - into Yabucoa, Puerto Rico ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 14:49, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mladost, Varna

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No refs on the page for many years. Wikis in other languages do not offer much. Maybe there are relevant refs in local languages that show the GNG is met. JMWt (talk) 17:40, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A quick look in Bulgarian sources shows routine notability - it's one of the largest districts of Varna after all - but it's such a simple stub that what little is there could just be merged to Varna until someone wants to have a better crack at this. SportingFlyer T·C 19:11, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - AfD is not a venue for cleanup. A district with 84,000 inhabitants and an administrative apparatus of local governance, easily passes WP:NGEO. --Soman (talk) 23:52, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep clearly meets the relevant WP:GEOLAND guideline. Needs better sourcing and could easily be merged if people prefer but outright deletion is neither necessary or approrpiate. Eluchil404 (talk) 22:56, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - in the Bulgarian language article, there are sources. I've been trout-slapped for not looking at other languages' articles before proposing deleting it. Bearian (talk) 00:15, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There seems to be confidence that other sources are available to bolster notability. While my optimism is cautious, I would rather see this be included if that is the case. Let me know if anything changes. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 13:18, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
GEOLAND is not the correct guideline for neighbourhoods, which this is. Other sources in other Wikipedias don't pass GNG, and a quick search shows it gets mentioned in the papers with some frequency so it might meet GNG, but this is not as crystal clear of a keep as people are making it out to be. SportingFlyer T·C 13:33, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure I agree. This is a Raion, an official unit of local government, not an informal neighborhood. See City Website raion website. Eluchil404 (talk) 22:26, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Båntjern

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This is an article about a mountain lake in Norway -- fails notability guidelines, by virtue of being a random lake in Norway. There are 300,000 lakes in Norway. Besides that, most of the article fails WP:NOTPROMO, and WP:NOTGUIDE; it talks about the amenities of the lake, like hikes, grills, and a nearby campsite. Serious NPOV issues, doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Needless to say no WP:SIGCOV in WP:RS. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 00:40, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: it's not a "mountain lake" at all, it's located on the city outskirts and used as a hiking spot/campgrounds. "Needless to say" doesn't seem to hold water (!), why would that be needless to say? Where did you do your WP:BEFORE that is not Google? Geschichte (talk) 07:53, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Needless to say was poor semantics, I apologize. I did my WP:BEFORE on JSTOR, Gbooks, GScholar, and norwegian google. I said it was a "mountain lake" because the article classifies it as a "tarn," which is a mountain lake. There some things, like "woah guys this lake exists," but imo it still fails under WP:NOTGUIDE-- I could be wrong, and if so, please let me know w/sources etc. This article is also an orphaned article. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 13:14, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - per WP:NPLACE and WP:NOTPROMO. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 14:47, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sharjah Sustainable City

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There is no reliably sourced coverage of the subject. None of the sourcing in this article is independent of the UAE government, resulting in a ludicrously credulous and promotional article of this UAE government project. Thenightaway (talk) 05:03, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I understand the concerns raised. I am currently improving the article by adding more independent, reliable sources that provide neutral coverage of the subject. Additionally, I am revising the content to ensure a strictly factual and non-promotional tone, in line with Wikipedia's neutrality policy. Given that the project has received coverage in independent media outlets (such as [Shurooq]), I believe the subject meets Wikipedia’s notability guidelines. I respectfully request additional time to complete these improvements. Below are the links for your reference.

https://shurooq.gov.ae/portfolio/sharjah-sustainable-city

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/property/sharjah-sustainable-city-hits-dh2-5-billion-in-sales

https://gulfnews.com/uae/watch-a-sustainable-city-rises-in-sharjah-with-smart-solar-homes-driverless-shuttle-1.86314388

https://www.wam.ae/en/article/dvef0-sharjah-sustainable-city-community-integrating

https://property.constructionweekonline.com/sharjah-sustainable-city-pioneering-eco-friendly-living-and-boosting-uae-real-estate/ 94.203.35.126 (talk) 11:47, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

None of these sources are independent of the subject. Thenightaway (talk) 15:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep unfortunately, the UAE does not have freedom of press, and there are hardly any newspapers, making coverage on topics that would appear to be notable by residents be limited. Gulf News and Khaleej Times are going to be your best bets for coverage on anything. This project is definitely notable regardless of the bias of the sources. Also, the place has won quite a few awards (see the article), which is a sure sign of notability. jolielover♥talk 19:07, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – As pointed out by the nom, none of the sources are independent from the UAE government. Svartner (talk) 16:50, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are sources independent of the government, though.
+ many more. Like I said, there are no newspapers in the country 'independent' of the government due to a lack of freedom of press, but there are newspapers & magazines from outside the country covering the place, making the coverage significant & independent. jolielover♥talk 04:07, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per Jolielover. multiple external sources have reported on this, the fact that in-country coverage are not by truly independent sources doesnt constitute a problem in my view in this case. We cannot expect the same cultural context in every single country around the world. In the absence of a critical analysis on this however we need to ensure that we are not just parroting press releases. Even though in MDPI, this scientific article also should be considered independent since its peer reviewed by independent reviewers: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/10/8217 --hroest 17:16, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MDPI is a predatory publisher, the authors of the paper are employees of the UAE government, and the journal itself is not considered an academic journal per its Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability_(journal). The sources that Jolielover listed are just random websites that pop up in a web search. The content in the sources all looks like press releases or paid content. If there is no RS coverage of the subject, then there is nothing that indicates the subject is notable and there is at a more fundamental level nothing to use to write the article. Thenightaway (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It is used as a case study here (published by Emerald Group Publishing), in a conference paper (published by Springer). Both seem like reliable sources, to me. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:42, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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