Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ikot Mkpang

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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Ikot Mkpang

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WP:BEFORE shows no evidence of meeting WP:NPLACE: that this place is legally recognised and not just mentioned in online databases. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:26, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Africa and Nigeria. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:26, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

• Delete: at first glance, this looks very non-notable on a satellite image (assuming Google went to the right place)

This brings back painful memories of a very long contentious AfD about a similar uninhabited place on the map in Nigeria:

• • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gnaa, Nigeria (3rd nomination)

It didn't help that there was some involvement with a troll group.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 22:56, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Here's our List of villages in Cross River State article. There is an "Ikot Mkpang Esighi" village listed in Bakassi, however that district is much further away from Calabar and now part of Cameroon. There's no other "Ikot Mkpang" on the list.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 23:17, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

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