Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of demonyms for states in Nigeria

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 01:14, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of demonyms for states in Nigeria

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This article doesn't meet WP:GNG. It is not referenced, and I can't find any reliable source out there discussing denonyms of Nigerian states. Just checking through this, it seem more like a hoax. I have never heard anything like "Ogunian", "Kebbian", "Osunian", "Sokotonian" in my entire life!!!! As far as I can tell people from Ogun and Osun, are plainly called "Ogun people/man/woman" and "Osun people/man/woman" respectively. Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added some sources to the article, if you are looking for the word "demonym" in news articles you may not find them. However, there are numerous places where "Abians" have been used to refer to the people of/from Abia State, the same thing goes for "Akwa Ibomites" which refers to people from Akwa Ibom State, "Anambrarian" for people of Anambra State, and so on. English dictionary says any word that is used to identify residents or natives of a particular place is called demonym. Therefore Abians, Akwa Ibomites, Anambrarians, Kebbians are all demonyms. Understood? ...I'm not a great teacher but I am sure I broke this one down for you. haha. Stanleytux (talk) 20:25, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep: per WP:NLIST and obviously meet WP:GNG. I'm aware of the "Ogunian" per this book, Kwarans per Sahara Reporters, Lagosian per this but not all States of Nigeria have the claimed demonyms in the article. Controversial ones such as "Osunian" and "Sokotonia" among others should be referenced and if the reference cannot be provided, it should be removed. The appropriate title should be List of demonyms for some states in Nigeria but if we can verify the demonyms for all the states, then List of demonyms for states in Nigeria will be appropriate. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 21:59, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:50, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:50, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 19:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:48, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per WP:SALAT it might pass, but I'm not sure WP:NLIST applies, since this isn't about people, per se, but about the names of groups of people. WP:LISTGLOSSARY appears to be the more appropriate guideline in this case, since it is a list of terms. I was initially going to !vote "Keep", since it has been improved since the nomination, but per WP:SAL, but only 8 of the terms have references (so the rest could be challenged and deleted - which is what this AfD is doing), and in its current format it is more a simple listing of uncited dictionary terms. Getting back to WP:LISTGLOSSARY, the pertinent guideline would is this a "topical lists of terms, rather than of notable entities – are encyclopedic when the entries they provide are primarily informative explorations of the listed terminology, pertaining to a notable topic that already has it's own main article on Wikipedia." The entries are simple definitions, and not informative explorations of the terms; and none of the demonyms have their own article on Wikipedia. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:18, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per User:onel5969 concerns. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 14:21, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per One15969. Besides, I can hardly see any value in these kinds of lists, considering that each country/region/place already has a "demonym" entry in its infobox. I also think that people on average are more likely to look up a demonym in its respective region article, rather than in such a list. - HyperGaruda (talk) 14:36, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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