The result was delete. For a very short article (which basically gives the location and says that Avounbaka is a populated place) there are some interesting issues here. First, precedent is clearly in favor of keeping settlements, past or present, even when the sourcing is thin and where a subject with a similar amount of sourcing might be deleted as non-notable. This includes small populated villages and hamlets, but it does not usually extend any named feature that may appear on a map, such as a farm or a camping site (both of which arguably could be called a "populated place"). In order to receive the favorable treatment that settlement articles usually receive, it is important that the place is verifiably a settlement, and not just a farm. To determine whether the evidence presented in the article is sufficient to verify a settlement, we need to examine the online maps. Some testing of the website for sites near my own location (Haugesund in Norway) showed that these maps do indeed display the location of several "populated places" that are no more than farms. Therefore, I find that the evidence of Avounbaka being a settlement is insufficient.
With this in mind, the arguments presented in the nomination, and Unscintillating convincing. Unscintiallating has also pointed out the location of Avounbaka has not been provided with precision. I have considered the merge proposal by Orlady, but I feel slapping "Avounbaka is a populated place on the northern coast" onto the Malo Island article would be unnatural, and highlight a possibly insignificant feature unduly (readers may ask "What is so special about Avounbaka that it warrants coverage in this article, while the other tiny locations don't?"). For that reason, I am calling this a delete unless and until evidence is presented that shows that Avounbaka actually is a settlement of the type that we generally keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 16:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC) reply
"Populated place" in Vanuatu, at least if the article is not wrong. I have seen notability conditions are fairly lenient for "Populated places", visiting Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Places and Wikipedia:Notability (geography) (an essay) before acting. However, I don't think this article passes Notability tests since :
The result was delete. For a very short article (which basically gives the location and says that Avounbaka is a populated place) there are some interesting issues here. First, precedent is clearly in favor of keeping settlements, past or present, even when the sourcing is thin and where a subject with a similar amount of sourcing might be deleted as non-notable. This includes small populated villages and hamlets, but it does not usually extend any named feature that may appear on a map, such as a farm or a camping site (both of which arguably could be called a "populated place"). In order to receive the favorable treatment that settlement articles usually receive, it is important that the place is verifiably a settlement, and not just a farm. To determine whether the evidence presented in the article is sufficient to verify a settlement, we need to examine the online maps. Some testing of the website for sites near my own location (Haugesund in Norway) showed that these maps do indeed display the location of several "populated places" that are no more than farms. Therefore, I find that the evidence of Avounbaka being a settlement is insufficient.
With this in mind, the arguments presented in the nomination, and Unscintillating convincing. Unscintiallating has also pointed out the location of Avounbaka has not been provided with precision. I have considered the merge proposal by Orlady, but I feel slapping "Avounbaka is a populated place on the northern coast" onto the Malo Island article would be unnatural, and highlight a possibly insignificant feature unduly (readers may ask "What is so special about Avounbaka that it warrants coverage in this article, while the other tiny locations don't?"). For that reason, I am calling this a delete unless and until evidence is presented that shows that Avounbaka actually is a settlement of the type that we generally keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 16:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC) reply
"Populated place" in Vanuatu, at least if the article is not wrong. I have seen notability conditions are fairly lenient for "Populated places", visiting Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Places and Wikipedia:Notability (geography) (an essay) before acting. However, I don't think this article passes Notability tests since :