Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shamezdin

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was Keep and Rename to Nochiya. pschemp | talk 20:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Shamezdin

I am not sure what to do with this article, it is for one in bad shape.

Google returns little to no information: [1] (all hits appear to be lists contain the word "Shamezdin", not sure if it is even relevant)

Overal it appears to be useless if you strip it from random lists (portraying it as a county if I am not mistaken, hard to tell with horible quality)

• Hence delete --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 17:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and improve. Seems to be a real place in Assyria. Dlyons493 Talk 20:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes but no google hits with content. The place now is known as Şemdinli and is governed by Turkey (according to the article). Definately not a part of Assyria today. Article has colored photos of people and is a mess... Delete and make it a stub is more aproporate in my view. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 20:56, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
    • It's modern Iraq or Turkey and there may be some NPOV issues with the article. But there's quite a lot of content that I imagine could be referenced from written sources. Dlyons493 Talk 21:07, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• KEEP IT --A2raya07 21:11, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • If you google the word "Shamezdin not much will be shown", but if you google the word "Nochiya" or "Assyrian AND Nochea" then alot of information will appear. It is a district located in South East Turkey. The area still exists but it is not known as Shamezdin. Many important & famous Assyrians have come from this district and it is commonly spoken of in the Assyrian community throughout the world. --A2raya07 21:11, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • The follwing websites speak of the district of Shamezdin which is also known as Nochiya, Nochea and Rustaqa:
    • Free Webs
    • Beth Aram
    • Zy World
    • [2]
    • ACSA
    • Zinda Magazine
    • Assyrian International Newa Agency
    • Bet Naharain
    • Peshitta
    • Ethno Logue
    • Oriental and their are many more...
• KEEP! I believe the page just needs some clean up. It is one of the well known Assyrian regions and deserves its own article.Diyako Talk + 21:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. It's a real place. Look at the earlier versions of this article. --Khoikhoi 00:13, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep in need of cleanup though but it does appear to exist and locations are enyclopedic material.
• CHANGE NAME, it should be called Nochiya not Shamezdin. Much more relevent.MLA 09:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I'll agree to this one, Shamezdin is the appropriate name of this district, but Nochiya is the common name --A2raya07 21:43, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Khoikhoi Carlossuarez46 21:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Of course Shamezdin is not shown, it is just an English transscription. As Nochiya, the article should stay. There needs to be reference to "Shemdinli", though. --Erdal Ronahi 11:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• KEEP - The name change to 'Nochiya' makes a lot of sense because Nochiya is not just a geographical area, it is also an important Tribe of the Assyrians, who are currently leaders in both religous and political matters. Admitably, the information needs to be re-arranged to make sense, a clean up is required. Deleting this information would indeed be a loss for Wikipedia.
• KEEP - It is a very usefull article containing alot of information

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.