Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laantamaxanka

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Laantamaxanka[edit]

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Another nonexistent Somali "town". The source lists it as a "locality", which means people don't necessarily live there. The given coordinates are a featureless patch of desert in satellite imagery. No sources to satisfy WP:V. Hut 8.5 19:15, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

delete Unverifiable blank spot. Mangoe (talk) 20:16, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:01, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:01, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Not quite featureless - zoom in far enough in satellite imagery, and there seems to be some kind of irregular patterning which I can't identify but which only seems to exist in a few square kilometres roughly centred on this position. That suggests to me that GeoNames may not be being entirely random in attaching this name (as two words rather than one) to this locality - but if we can't find anything that tells us why, that doesn't give the basis for an article

- Not sure I see which feature you're pointing to but it is entirely possible that "Laantamaxanka" is the name given to something in this area. There is some sort of track nearby and what looks like a river bed. However it obviously isn't a town and as you say we can't have an article about it without better sourcing. Hut 8.5 07:55, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not a legit town or place. L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 19:34, 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.