Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finnish exonyms for places in Norway: Finnmark

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The result was Keep.^King Jakob _C2 23:19, 3 March 2013 (UTC)Non-admin closure[reply]

Finnish exonyms for places in Norway: Finnmark[edit]

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Similar to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finnish exonyms (Sweden), this article is essentially a list of translations from Norwegian to Finnish. Whilst it might be suitable for Norwegian and/or Finnish Wikipedia, it is unnecessary in English Wikipedia. If anyone needs to know the Finnish name for a Norwegian place, then the interwiki links on the place's article would help. It could be merged into Finnish exonyms for places in Norway, but I have also nominated that for deletion. Bazonka (talk) 09:59, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Finland-related deletion discussions. Bazonka (talk) 10:08, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. Bazonka (talk) 10:12, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Considering that Wikipedia has articles about few of these Norwegian places, it's unclear to me why we would need a list of what they are called in Finnish. This is the English Wikipedia. If the Finnish Wikipedia wants this list, they can have it transwikied over to there. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:15, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep "Considering that Wikipedia has articles about hardly any of these Norwegian places, it's unclear to me why we would need a list of what they are called in Finnish." is the sort of view why wikipedia has grown so unevenly. That we do not have articles on most of them does not mean they are not notable or warmly appreciated here. I think this is useful for not only identifying the features but for those which have Finnish names.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:11, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
merge selectively. As Dt.B and I explained for the general article, that this is the English WP means that this is the WP written in English -- we cover the entire world, to the extent that people who can write in English come here to write the articles. But some of the items listed here are places about which we should have articles, and the information should be transferred to the main list. That would include all the villages, rivers, fjords, mountains, and probably lakes & peninsulas. It would not include the streams, ponds, hills, moors, marshes and inlets. Unless it should happen that one of these is actually important, we'll never have articles on them, and more than we would if they were in England. If we mention them in an article, we can include the local Kven or Finnish name. DGG ( talk ) 14:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, the title and stance of these articles are rather bizarre for an English editor who is neither Finnish or Norway, but something like a List of geographical features of Finnmark would be highly appropriate.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:12, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 00:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This list includes usable information about places that are too small to have their own articles or be covered in the main list article. JIP | Talk 07:15, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep These are the names some indigenous Norwegians use for places in their own country. I expect our woeful notability guidelines do not cover this matter but the topic seems entirely encyclopedic to me. List of Scottish Gaelic place names exists and is very appropriate in my view. DGG's merge proposal[1] is of course wise. Thincat (talk) 12:10, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep-I agree with some of the arguments above. Usable informations on/and names of some indigenous Norwegians use for places in their own country.--Soroboro (talk) 02:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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