Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kirakira

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 keep. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:29, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Kirakira

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failed PROD with the reasoning "Verifiable currently/previously inhabited locations are notable". I am not disputing its verifiability, but notability as there it fails the GNG and there is no current SNG for populated places. 陣内_Jinnai 04:55, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

• Keep per my dePROD rationale. It's a verifiable, inhabited location and common outcomes at AfD is that such articles are kept. Also this is the provincial capital for Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. And even if you set the stricter criteria of WP:GNG there are 642 Gbooks hits, not all about the town, but some are in depth pieces delving into the history, geography, ornithology etc of the location. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 05:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
• Keep. This is well-covered under the five pillars: Wikipedia is more than just an encyclopaedia. It is also a gazetteer. This content properly belongs in a gazetteer and adds to the sum of human knowledge. Since the five pillars trump everything, the question of notability does not arise. As Spaceman Spiff correctly says, this view usually prevails at AfD and such articles are kept.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 09:31, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

  I don't see that in the 5 pillars.陣内_Jinnai 23:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

  • • It was in there until couple of hours ago. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 00:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
• Keep - A capital of a province with a population over 30,000 up for deletion? Besides all towns and villages are inherently notable regardless of size, it took me a few seconds to find in depth coverage on this town. [1] The quickest time I've been able to set up an AfD is two minutes. Another example of why WP:BEFORE needs to be a absolute rule. --Oakshade (talk) 21:44, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
• Keep - In addition to being notable as the capital of the Makira-Ulawa Province, it is also notable because it has an airport (Kirakira Airport) with scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines. -- Zyxw (talk) 12:53, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
• Keep all verifiable distinct settlements are inherently notable, and this is orders of magnitude more notable than most places. Thryduulf (talk) 12:41, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

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.