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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. Liz Read! Talk! 02:51, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Badweyn burial[edit]

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This article is mainly based on a singular source (Douglas Jardine) which mentions “badweyn” only in passing. Additionally, a google search of “badweyn burial” does not yield any reliable sources to ensure the notability and verifiability of this article. Therefore, it is unlikely that it meets notability guidelines and should be deleted

“It is situated at Badweyn, which is the western boundary of the Dervish chieftainship-sultanate” - This is not supported by the cited article and appears to be WP:OR. The citation refers to the British intention to confine dervish in one area but does not state that this area encompasses a “Dervish chieftainship-sultanate”.

“…,and lies at the head of the Nugaal Valley” - Again, this claim is unsupported by the cited reference.


“According to John Anthony Hunt, the burial ground of Dhulbahante is Badweyn and his descendants, the Dhulbahante clan, are the owners of the Nugaal plateau and Nugaal valley” - The cited reference only mentions in passing that Dhulbahante was buried in “Badweyn”, no reference to descendants being buried here.

“The boundaries of the borderlander neutral zone was from Ankhor, (in Somali Conkor) at the coast, Eil Dur Elan (in Somali Dhur Cilaan) down the mount slope, Badwein at the open plains, and the 46th degree of longitude towards the Abyssinian border in the west, and the blockhouses surrounding the Dhulbahante garesa of Jidali, and the Nugaal to the east” - Again, there is no reference to a “borderlander boundary” in the cited reference and is WP:OR.


“Douglas Jardine described the boundary between colonial-signatory tribes and non-signatory tribes, and separated those of intra-46th meridian east territories as a distinct entity” - Another example of WP:OR, the cited reference (based on the provided excerpt) does not mention any boundary producing a “distinct entity”. Additionally, what are the "intra-46th meridian east territories" ? I am also unable to find the original source as per WP:Verify Jacob300 (talk) 11:03, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Not supported by any cited source, and the article is filled with nothing but original research. Fails WP:N as well.
A lot of articles the article creator has either created or significantly contributed to have been deleted for violating WP:OR, WP:SYNTH, WP:VERIFY, WP:GNG, WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO and having no WP:SIGCOV, among others (see Diiriye Guure, Shire Umbaal,Nur Hedik,Adam Maleh, Maxamuud Xoosh Cigaal as well as Kaaha Tafadhiig) Gebagebo (talk) 00:20, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:44, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • This article is fairly heavilly linked from other history-related articles (apparently added by the article creator). I know that's not a criteria for deletion/inclusion, my concern is more that if this is deleted, the articles the links were added to will now have prominent redlinks and will need to be cleaned up. I found this article/AFD while reading Scramble for Africa for example, a fairly important history article. --Here2rewrite (talk) 02:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • All of that said, I have read the nominator's argument and agree with them to Delete. Sourcing does not seem sufficient to support this article. --Here2rewrite (talk) 02:51, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. It is a soap box and can't be verified. Bearian (talk) 18:34, 4 March 2022 (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.
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