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South Ossetia is only recognised by a handful of countries, is almost universally recognised as being a part of Georgia, is not included in the IUCN Red List, and as a precedent, the "Mammals of Kosovo" page redirects to "Mammals of Serbia". The source used for the article is a dead link. Therefore, redirect to
List of mammals of Georgia (country).
J0ngM0ng (
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01:30, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - IUCN, ADW, and MDW are all valid sources and cited in the article, so am not sure the “one” reference that is bad. Having a list of mammals is not a statement of sovereignty: Many subnational divisions have similar lists. Despite what you may have heard, Texas is not succeeding, despite the existence of
List of mammals of Texas. --
awkwafaba (
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11:53, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Not saying it's a statement of sovereignty personally, but when even nature sources don't consider a region important enough to be assessed, then maybe it means something.
J0ngM0ng (
talk)
15:42, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete or rename This is not only unrecognized, but it is not a subnational division either. The article on
South Ossetia tells us that its territory “does not correspond to any Georgian administrative area (although Georgian authorities have set up the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia as a transitional measure leading to the settlement of South Ossetia's status), with most of the territory included into Shida Kartli region. When neutral language is deemed necessary, both Georgia and international organisations often refer to the area informally as the (legally undefined) "Tskhinvali Region".” It also has unstable boundaries, due to
borderization. —MichaelZ.19:11, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Ultimately, it depends whether reliable sources have recognized this as a notable subject, per
WP:NOTABILITY. At a glance, it doesn’t appear that any of the cited source mentions South Ossetia. “Mammals of Texas,” in quotation marks, returns over 20k Google Books results; “mammals of South Ossetia” returns one bogus book titled after an experimental visual artist. —MichaelZ.13:52, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep. The article doesn't mention the political status of South Ossetia. I don't think there is a rule to confine the listing of flora or fauna to national borders, especially because the borders may change anytime.
Dr.KBAHT (
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03:49, 14 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - I don't have any specific objection to a redirect, but South Ossetia is specifically referenced in the infobox under "States with limited recognition", which would seem to not contradict the assertion in the nomination here. I don't think anyone is trying to pretend that such a list confers any form of sovereignty. St★lwart11102:48, 19 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep. I don;t see that clearly or otherwise. it's appropriate to have such a list for any substantial defined region, regardless of what anyone may think of the politics. If the article mentioned politics at all, that would be another matter. DGG (
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01:11, 21 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete for two reasons:
This whole page is an
original research. It does not use any sources like "Fauna of South Ossetia".
This is not a unique geographic region, with its own
endemic fauna. So, no, it does not make sense to create such lists for any arbitrary defined geographic region. And yes, it was not recognized as a country.
My very best wishes (
talk)
01:30, 24 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Again in support for redirect : A search for land regions at www.iucnredlist.org reveals that there is NO entry for South Ossetia, whereas 1,223 species are listed for Georgia. Imo it is NOT relevant whether South Ossetia is or is not recognised as politically independent. Relevant is that NO RL list or RL assessment is available for South Ossetia. --
BhagyaMani (
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07:26, 24 September 2021 (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.
South Ossetia is only recognised by a handful of countries, is almost universally recognised as being a part of Georgia, is not included in the IUCN Red List, and as a precedent, the "Mammals of Kosovo" page redirects to "Mammals of Serbia". The source used for the article is a dead link. Therefore, redirect to
List of mammals of Georgia (country).
J0ngM0ng (
talk)
01:30, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - IUCN, ADW, and MDW are all valid sources and cited in the article, so am not sure the “one” reference that is bad. Having a list of mammals is not a statement of sovereignty: Many subnational divisions have similar lists. Despite what you may have heard, Texas is not succeeding, despite the existence of
List of mammals of Texas. --
awkwafaba (
📥)
11:53, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Not saying it's a statement of sovereignty personally, but when even nature sources don't consider a region important enough to be assessed, then maybe it means something.
J0ngM0ng (
talk)
15:42, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete or rename This is not only unrecognized, but it is not a subnational division either. The article on
South Ossetia tells us that its territory “does not correspond to any Georgian administrative area (although Georgian authorities have set up the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia as a transitional measure leading to the settlement of South Ossetia's status), with most of the territory included into Shida Kartli region. When neutral language is deemed necessary, both Georgia and international organisations often refer to the area informally as the (legally undefined) "Tskhinvali Region".” It also has unstable boundaries, due to
borderization. —MichaelZ.19:11, 9 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Ultimately, it depends whether reliable sources have recognized this as a notable subject, per
WP:NOTABILITY. At a glance, it doesn’t appear that any of the cited source mentions South Ossetia. “Mammals of Texas,” in quotation marks, returns over 20k Google Books results; “mammals of South Ossetia” returns one bogus book titled after an experimental visual artist. —MichaelZ.13:52, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep. The article doesn't mention the political status of South Ossetia. I don't think there is a rule to confine the listing of flora or fauna to national borders, especially because the borders may change anytime.
Dr.KBAHT (
talk)
03:49, 14 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - I don't have any specific objection to a redirect, but South Ossetia is specifically referenced in the infobox under "States with limited recognition", which would seem to not contradict the assertion in the nomination here. I don't think anyone is trying to pretend that such a list confers any form of sovereignty. St★lwart11102:48, 19 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep. I don;t see that clearly or otherwise. it's appropriate to have such a list for any substantial defined region, regardless of what anyone may think of the politics. If the article mentioned politics at all, that would be another matter. DGG (
talk )
01:11, 21 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete for two reasons:
This whole page is an
original research. It does not use any sources like "Fauna of South Ossetia".
This is not a unique geographic region, with its own
endemic fauna. So, no, it does not make sense to create such lists for any arbitrary defined geographic region. And yes, it was not recognized as a country.
My very best wishes (
talk)
01:30, 24 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Again in support for redirect : A search for land regions at www.iucnredlist.org reveals that there is NO entry for South Ossetia, whereas 1,223 species are listed for Georgia. Imo it is NOT relevant whether South Ossetia is or is not recognised as politically independent. Relevant is that NO RL list or RL assessment is available for South Ossetia. --
BhagyaMani (
talk)
07:26, 24 September 2021 (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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