Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ALGIRAT

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 01:44, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ALGIRAT[edit]

Possible Hoax, Google: algirat, libya (two terms of place the article suggests) gives nothing, neither does algirat, ubari. Delete if so. (WP policy the template linked to says to tag for hoax and nominate for deletion, so..) ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 07:40, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - hoax. Óðinn (talk) 08:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Probable hoax. AlexTiefling (talk) 10:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless reliable sources can be found. Edward321 (talk) 13:57, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but that 'unless...' is not very productive, and would apply to almost any AfD discussion. Drmies (talk) 15:50, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The only Algirat I can find is in Algeria. That doesn't mean this one doesn't exist, but it does mean that there is no notability attached to it that I can establish. Noian, what did you mean with "algirat, libya in google shows ZIP except for a PDF with addresses in Afganistan, needs to be cited"? Why 'except for'? Drmies (talk) 15:54, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As in the ONLY search result was a PDF with addresses in Afganistan. Needs to be cited [to prove not hoax] is another issue (should be semi-coloned or seperate sentence, I admit). ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 01:25, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. Ah! ZIP as in NADA--I thought ZIP as in ZIP code. My mistake! Haha, Drmies (talk) 02:26, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely a hoax, but without verifiable references it should be removed until some refs are found. Note that not finding a specific English transliteration of a small settlement on google is not evidence of a hoax. There are dozens of possible transliterations from Arabic. The other place mentioned are verifiable. See Tasawa, village in the Wadi Atba near Marzuq / Murzuk (here transliterated as "Morzqe"). Some variation of Al Gerat/Zerat/Querrat may be a more common transliteration. T L Miles (talk) 08:20, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quick look suggests this is Al Ghurayfah, the closest village name in the Ubari oasis (where the article places the village). Without confirmation of the other material included, I still have to say this should be removed. T L Miles (talk) 08:31, 12 December 2008 (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.