Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Subdistrict

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The result was Withdrawn. No support, will convert to disambiguation page as suggested. (non-admin closure) William Allen Simpson (talk) 09:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Subdistrict[edit]

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Delete — This was created out of whole cloth by banned User:Tobias Conradi and maintained by several sockpuppets (TurkChan, Androox) to make it appear valid edits. No reliable source has been located, although it has been tagged for over 18 months. It was originally tagged in 2009. It was part of a series (country subdivision, subregion, etc.) None of the countries listed actually call these "subdistrict", although in one case that would be a reasonable translation. It would be better to use the correct name in each article.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 21:32, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:37, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

William Allen Simpson, in which case is "subdistrict" a reasonable translation? – Uanfala (talk) 17:43, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

East Timor, "Portuguese word subdistrito." But it wasn't in the native language, and was replaced in 2014 by something translated as "administrative post". As I'd mentioned above, this whole "sub-" naming scheme was imagined circa 2006 by one repeatedly banned user who apparently thought everything was rigidly related to Europe (specifically German), trying to setup equivalent leveled hierarchies between cultures. Bad idea.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 18:02, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's also used, for example, for subdistricts of China, tambons of Thailand, or kelurahans of Indonesia. I don't know if all these entities make up any sort of coherent encyclopedic topic (I'd be surprised if they do), but the English word "subdistrict" has certainly been used for them. At the very least, there would need to be a disambiguation page at this title. – Uanfala (talk) 20:16, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With pruning, it might work well as a disambiguation page. Then we wouldn't need to worry here about references. If that is your preferred result, I'll withdraw and make it a disambiguation page.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 23:51, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think a disambiguation page will make sense, but I'd prefer to see the discussion open for a while – people may come up with alternative proposals. And we still have for example the article District, which doesn't seem to have trouble standing on its own. – Uanfala (talk) 00:02, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

District is just a generic term in English, so we're bound to have a page of some kind. There's a separate disambiguation page. It can overlap other administrative units. It can be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level. I'd remove those that have no governing body, though. There's a lot of handwaving there. But at least there are some sources for half the entries!
William Allen Simpson (talk) 00:22, 27 December 2020 (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.