Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuala (disambiguation)

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. Kurykh (talk) 00:12, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kuala (disambiguation)[edit]

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As a dab fails WP:TWODABS:
- 1 WP:PRIMARYTOPIC Kuala
- 0 valid entries (all are WP:PTM)
As a WP:SIA fails:
- entries are not of same type
- even if non-place entries are removed, this is an unsourced non-English dict def without being an obvious set - a somewhat arbitrary list. Widefox; talk 15:58, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indonesia-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malaysia-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. WP:PTM: "Do not add a link that merely contains part of the page title, or a link that includes the page title in a longer proper name, where there is no significant risk of confusion or reference". No article says that the place is known as simply "Kuala", and I don't believe they would be (they'd be more likely to be called K.L., for example). I think it might be helpful if Kuala was moved to Kuala, Indonesia. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:21, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The issue of moving Kuala is independent of this AfD. As there doesn't appear to be a rival for the primarytopic, there's no need for a move for disambiguation. A move for article title reasons is also separate, both are offtopic at this AfD. Widefox; talk 20:05, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There's only one legit entry. The others don't "Kuala"fy as partial title matches. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:48, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please seek username change, suggest Humourfiend. Thanks, made me chuckle. But seriously, I added a {{confused}} Koala .Widefox; talk 11:02, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep in some form. I agree with the above that the page is rather thin on proper dab entries, but if it gets deleted then Cuala will have to include {{distinguish}} hatnotes to Koala, ~~Coala~~Cuala, Quala and possibly Orang Kuala (the last one might not be properly known as just "Kuala", but it's very plausible as a search term given that orang means "people"), and that's going to be too cluttered. – Uanfala (talk) 11:38, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Currently it's only linked from Kuala [1]. A new need at, say, Cuala (disambiguation) is separate, and not obvious to me. Widefox; talk 16:06, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, now corrected. – Uanfala (talk) 16:17, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I realise now I might not have been very clear. My point was that links to all the pages I've listed ought to be included in the See also of Kuala (disambiguation). If it gets deleted, then these links will instead have to be listed in a hatnote at Kuala. I was arguing that this hatnote would be a bit too big. – Uanfala (talk) 16:29, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cuala now has a hatnote to the new dab Cuala (disambiguation). There was a need for it. Is that a good place to put those in the see also? Widefox; talk 19:08, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

they're added, not that I think they're crucial.

Done Widefox; talk 19:28, 1 May 2017 (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.