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Comment, Google Maps shows a "Khallet Khazen"
here, very close to the coordinates provided by
NGA GEOnet Names Server (deep link to search results not possible) for what they officially call "Mazraat Khallet Khâzene", with "Mazra‘at Khallat Khāzin" offered as a variant. Can't determine if it is officially recognized such as is required to pass
WP:GEOLAND but perhaps this can aid in searching.
Antepenultimate (
talk)
15:17, 8 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Typically, some sort of indication that the location has legal recognition from the parent government, in this case Lebanon. Normally in these discussions this comes in the form of official census results (unless the location is defined only for the purpose of a census, such as a
census tract), evidence of location-specific elected or appointed officials, or receiving some sort of official government identifier (such as a postal code specific to the location). This is an intentionally low bar that is set by
WP:GEOLAND, which serves to combat the sort of
systemic bias that would result from accepting English-language Google results as if they were a thorough evaluation of notability for foreign locations; evidence of official recognition is a pretty good proxy that additional sources exist, although they may be offline and/or in unfamiliar languages. Areas without evidence of legal recognition (such as neighborhoods or unofficial regions) are evaluated via regular
WP:GNG. There is usually room for debate in any case, depending on the specifics of the location.
Antepenultimate (
talk)
11:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)reply
So, if I'm understanding correctly, articles pass
WP:GEOLAND based on the fact that they are recognized to be owned by a parent government, it is undetermined that this area is recognized by the parent government in question (Lebanon), and no sort of notability can be established?
Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball!07:14, 10 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Essentially yes, hence why I've only left a "comment" and not a !vote at this time. I personally would not consider the matter fully researched until someone who is capable of reading and searching in Arabic script has attempted to locate details (others may not share this level of caution). I have found some government resources that look promising, but the detailed documents are all in Arabic.
Antepenultimate (
talk)
10:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete. Perhaps notable, but still unsourced in the actual article, making it fail
WP:V beacuse the reader can't verify the content based on references provided in the article. Sandstein 10:07, 2 May 2017 (UTC)reply
tentative Delete as per Sandstein. Unless somebody can improve it significantly. The source linked to by
User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi is a start, but we need a little more than that as validation, at least a second reliable source. And article needs cleanup.
E.M.Gregory (
talk)
12:38, 2 May 2017 (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
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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.
Comment, Google Maps shows a "Khallet Khazen"
here, very close to the coordinates provided by
NGA GEOnet Names Server (deep link to search results not possible) for what they officially call "Mazraat Khallet Khâzene", with "Mazra‘at Khallat Khāzin" offered as a variant. Can't determine if it is officially recognized such as is required to pass
WP:GEOLAND but perhaps this can aid in searching.
Antepenultimate (
talk)
15:17, 8 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Typically, some sort of indication that the location has legal recognition from the parent government, in this case Lebanon. Normally in these discussions this comes in the form of official census results (unless the location is defined only for the purpose of a census, such as a
census tract), evidence of location-specific elected or appointed officials, or receiving some sort of official government identifier (such as a postal code specific to the location). This is an intentionally low bar that is set by
WP:GEOLAND, which serves to combat the sort of
systemic bias that would result from accepting English-language Google results as if they were a thorough evaluation of notability for foreign locations; evidence of official recognition is a pretty good proxy that additional sources exist, although they may be offline and/or in unfamiliar languages. Areas without evidence of legal recognition (such as neighborhoods or unofficial regions) are evaluated via regular
WP:GNG. There is usually room for debate in any case, depending on the specifics of the location.
Antepenultimate (
talk)
11:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)reply
So, if I'm understanding correctly, articles pass
WP:GEOLAND based on the fact that they are recognized to be owned by a parent government, it is undetermined that this area is recognized by the parent government in question (Lebanon), and no sort of notability can be established?
Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball!07:14, 10 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Essentially yes, hence why I've only left a "comment" and not a !vote at this time. I personally would not consider the matter fully researched until someone who is capable of reading and searching in Arabic script has attempted to locate details (others may not share this level of caution). I have found some government resources that look promising, but the detailed documents are all in Arabic.
Antepenultimate (
talk)
10:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete. Perhaps notable, but still unsourced in the actual article, making it fail
WP:V beacuse the reader can't verify the content based on references provided in the article. Sandstein 10:07, 2 May 2017 (UTC)reply
tentative Delete as per Sandstein. Unless somebody can improve it significantly. The source linked to by
User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi is a start, but we need a little more than that as validation, at least a second reliable source. And article needs cleanup.
E.M.Gregory (
talk)
12:38, 2 May 2017 (UTC)reply
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