Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kob-dhehaad District

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kob-dhehaad District

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This is an article on what appears to be an administrative district in Somalia. The sole source, however, is a 32 page booklet sourced to Wikipedia. Fair enough, I looked for additional sources. Bari, Somalia, the region in which this district is found, does not list the Kob-dhehaad district as one of its subdivisions, and its source (a 1990 list, granted) does not list this district anywhere in the country. All of the sources I see via search are mirrors of Wikipedia's coverage. Based on this, I'm not entirely sure that this district exists. If it does, and if we can confirm that, great - I'm happy to withdraw the nomination. But I've been unable to find anything meaningful to confirm. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 19:16, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are other Delete !votes here, and some discussion could probably continue as to what exactly the subject is - but it's clear from the source provided by Snottywong that this is A) a place in Somalia, and that B) it exists. That's good enough for me. Keep. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:33, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above, Sadads (talk) 19:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I'll admit I didn't realize that the source I added was sourced to Wikipedia, and therefore is not a very good source. However, I did a little more digging and it looks like the district does indeed exist, but is more easily found under an alternate spelling: Kob-dhexaad. See its location in Google Maps. A google search under the alternate spelling yields a lot more results, including this UNICEF document which mentions it. It may be more appropriate to move this article to Kob-dhexaad district (or just Kob-dhexaad) and turn the dhehaad spelling into a redirect. SnottyWong ^confess 20:03, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per above Zwilson14 (talk) 01:05, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Delete - I also tried confirming that this district exists, but to no avail. Lrkleine (talk) 02:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm still not sold on the idea of this place existing, but the new spelling is promising. I'll look into it later today. If we can confirm, no objection to the move from me - but let's see what's what first. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what qualifies a Somalian settlement to be a "district", but I think it's clear that Kob-dhexaad exists, even if it might be closer to a village than a district. Anyone know what language this source is in? I can't get it translated correctly. SnottyWong ^express 14:58, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alright alright, fair enough. I'd like to know exactly what this is before we close - one line in a UN report does not do much for details - but I have no objection to Keeping the article - and have so noted above. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:33, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It exists. Keep and move to the correct spelling of Kobdhexaad. — AjaxSmack 21:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails to meet Wikipedia:Notability, Wikipedia:NOT#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. If after 3 years the wikimagic hasn't worked to make this page longer than a sentence then I think we are safe to delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.69.130.210 (talk) 21:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Nothing in WP:Notability or WP:NOT-INDISCRIMINATE applies to this case. WP:Notability (geography) holds that populated places are considered notable even if the population is very low. This place receives some mention in English sources (e.g., here on p.3) and more in Somali sources (e.g., here and here). — AjaxSmack 23:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep A district is larger than a city, correct? I'm presuming as such from the article and the links therein. Therefor, per our notability requirements and Wikipedia's role as a gazetteer and the fact that sources have been provided that prove that it exist, then it is notable. The notability requirements for places (as long as they are at minimum a city or village size) is that they are inherently notable as long as it can be proven that they exist. Silver seren^C 01:05, 23 February 2011 (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.