Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geelaqa

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The result was delete. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:27, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Geelaqa[edit]

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No coords, nothing in geonames: I can't find anything on this supposed Somali town. Mangoe (talk) 01:50, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this gets the award for most phantom Somali place name yet. SportingFlyer talk 04:24, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

		The Phantom Town Award
		This award is hereby presented to to the phantom town of Geelaqa for being the most unverifiable geo-stub in recent AfD history. Prince of Thieves (talk) 10:21, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply] This is a Delete !vote

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 21:59, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 21:59, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Google Maps search returns: Maps can't find Geelaqa. This article is an obvious hoax. Eye snore 00:58, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt that it's hoax in the sense that the editor in question made it up. Given its age it's more liely it was eliminated from geonames or whatever other service was used as a source. Mangoe (talk) 02:22, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete absolutely nothing verifiable. Brycehughes (talk) 02:43, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and I'm checking for other 2009 Somalia creations by Starzynka. Obviously bot-generated from a list of place names which appears to have been inaccurate. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:02, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I've found something: a "Geelaq" appears in [1] in Belet Xaawo district. [2] has a Google map for that location. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:29, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Check [3] to find these maps for other parts of Somalia. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:32, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - For what it's worth that map apparently labels Kenya as Ethiopia. Brycehughes (talk) 08:09, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    - I've had a lot of trouble getting those UN maps to line up with the present, and I found a picture supposedly from Geelaq which shows a kid jumping into the ocean. Mangoe (talk) 12:35, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Another NOTTHERE town. L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 16:52, 20 March 2018 (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.