Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Principality of Pontinha

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The result was delete. – Joe (talk) 15:33, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Principality of Pontinha[edit]

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Most of the sources mention the nation as a trivial thing in light of the main topic of the source. This shows that the article isn't very notable and seems like it was started by the nation's founder as the IP which created the article has only ever edited this article and nothing else. If notability can't be shown I suggest that the page is deleted. Natalius (talk) 10:37, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Just because someone proclaims a place independent doesn't make it so. Sources here are largely trivial. Reywas92^Talk 14:49, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep I easily found sources that establish notability. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/principality-of-pontinha https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/14/experience-i-founded-my-own-country CT55555 (talk) 12:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC) (deleted due to good analysis below) CT55555 (talk) 19:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography, Portugal, and Islands. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I haven't researched enough about this to provide a !vote, but I don't think CT55555's sources are usable: Atlas Obscura is user-generated and the Guardian source was written by the self-proclaimed founder so not independent. eviolite (talk) 19:37, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I dug deeper and you are correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_313#Atlas_Obscura I'll score my vote out. CT55555 (talk) 19:43, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There are some sources and IW links, WP:GEOPURP says micronations aren't covered by Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features) and that GNG applies. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:36, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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