Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yokota, Shimane

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) SaurabhSaha 09:56, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yokota, Shimane

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no sources after BEFORE Iljhgtn (talk) 21:49, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect to Okuizumo. The history of Yokota and Nita, Shimane can be added to the "history" section. Conyo14 (talk) 22:07, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Japan. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:57, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep under WP:NPLACE, which states that "populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable" and continues to note that "notability encompasses their entire history" whether or not they still exist. This was a separate populated, legally recognized place with its own local government, etc. for all but one year between 1889 and 2005. Further, WP:BEFORE asks us to "search for native-language sources if the subject has a name in a non-Latin alphabet", which is the case here. I doubt any search in Japanese has been carried out—try "島根県横田町" for these. I see quite a lot of hits on Google and Google Books, some of which are academic. Dekimasuよ! 02:45, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - see:

ja:Yokota town

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 20:55, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep per Dekimasu's clear explanation of the rules for formerly legally recognized places. ::--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 21:02, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The Korean article suggests it was formerly a legally recognized place. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:31, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep According to the Korean article, there is evidence to suggest that it was previously recognized as a legally established place. As per WP:NPLACE, which states that "populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable". SaurabhSaha 08:36, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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