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 delete. A redirect to
Patten River can be created if desired through normal editing processes, but there is consensus here that this article does not meet the notability requirements for geographic features.
Hog FarmTalk15:37, 2 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete. To be fair, this river is explicitly named as an "area covered" in
this topographical map — but it's still a very minor river at best, and I can't find any sources that would render it notable. It's not our role to maintain an article about every river on earth that happens to appear on a map — our role is to keep articles about rivers that can be verified by written sources as having some credible claim of significance, not just every river that exists on earth. Creator is also a problematic editor who has a longstanding pattern of disregarding Wikipedia practice in a lot of ways — he genuinely seems to think we need or want an article about every single body of water in his geographic region of interest, and his article creation binges virtually always need somebody to come through and do a massive cleanup job afterward for bad structure and grammar and nonexistent categories — and while that's not a deletion rationale in and of itself, it does raise questions about his competence and his willingness to collaborate and listen.
Bearcat (
talk)
13:31, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
KEEP - All rivers should have a Wikipedia article. Geographically, it is easy for anyone to find information on the Internet that supports the information posted on WP. This article informs readers well. The information contained is a good description of the watercourse. A lot of time is spent by editors designing good geographic articles on WP. Congratulations to those who apply themselves to writing well.
Veillg1 (
talk)
13:17, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
No, all rivers should not have a Wikipedia article. There are literally millions of rivers in the world, and they aren't all of any significant public interest — the bar for having an article about a river is that there's coverage about the river to show that it's significant, not just that the river technically exists. (And that goes especially when you're trying to support it with sources that don't even properly
verify its existence in the first place, such as directories that don't name it and maps that don't label it.) We're an encyclopedia, not a gazetteer, and there are rules to establish what's notable enough for an article and what isn't.
Bearcat (
talk)
15:13, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
it is easy for anyone to find information on the Internet that supports the information posted on WP As you've been repeatedly told by various editors, it's not for the reader to search the internet to verify what you have written. As per
WP:BURDEN, it's for you to verify what you have written with references from reliable sources.--
John B123 (
talk)
15:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Patten RiverDelete- (change to delete after reading later comments about the Patten -
Jokulhlaup (
talk) 17:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC)) I usually support the keeping of river articles, but this needs deleting/redirecting as per Bearcat. I agree that many of these articles are poorly written and sourced, which isn't a reason for deletion - but this one is barely on the map, let alone enough sources for a decent article.-
Jokulhlaup (
talk)
14:33, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately, even Patten River isn't referenced to any sources that actually support its existence either, so I can't support a redirect to an article that's also potential deletion bait.
Bearcat (
talk)
17:08, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
The same applies to
Patten River, the only reference is a dead link (and was dead 4 years before the article was written
[1]) The most recent archived copy (Jan 2013
[2]) doesn't mention the Patten River. --
John B123 (
talk)
16:03, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete Something is not inherently notable because it exists, otherwise who wants to write my biography here on Wikipedia? For a river to be notable it should have multiple intellectually independent sources describing it in a significant detail and providing reasons for why it is different than any of the other millions of rivers in the world. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Fails
WP:N --
ARoseWolf18:00, 26 January 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
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
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 delete. A redirect to
Patten River can be created if desired through normal editing processes, but there is consensus here that this article does not meet the notability requirements for geographic features.
Hog FarmTalk15:37, 2 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete. To be fair, this river is explicitly named as an "area covered" in
this topographical map — but it's still a very minor river at best, and I can't find any sources that would render it notable. It's not our role to maintain an article about every river on earth that happens to appear on a map — our role is to keep articles about rivers that can be verified by written sources as having some credible claim of significance, not just every river that exists on earth. Creator is also a problematic editor who has a longstanding pattern of disregarding Wikipedia practice in a lot of ways — he genuinely seems to think we need or want an article about every single body of water in his geographic region of interest, and his article creation binges virtually always need somebody to come through and do a massive cleanup job afterward for bad structure and grammar and nonexistent categories — and while that's not a deletion rationale in and of itself, it does raise questions about his competence and his willingness to collaborate and listen.
Bearcat (
talk)
13:31, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
KEEP - All rivers should have a Wikipedia article. Geographically, it is easy for anyone to find information on the Internet that supports the information posted on WP. This article informs readers well. The information contained is a good description of the watercourse. A lot of time is spent by editors designing good geographic articles on WP. Congratulations to those who apply themselves to writing well.
Veillg1 (
talk)
13:17, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
No, all rivers should not have a Wikipedia article. There are literally millions of rivers in the world, and they aren't all of any significant public interest — the bar for having an article about a river is that there's coverage about the river to show that it's significant, not just that the river technically exists. (And that goes especially when you're trying to support it with sources that don't even properly
verify its existence in the first place, such as directories that don't name it and maps that don't label it.) We're an encyclopedia, not a gazetteer, and there are rules to establish what's notable enough for an article and what isn't.
Bearcat (
talk)
15:13, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
it is easy for anyone to find information on the Internet that supports the information posted on WP As you've been repeatedly told by various editors, it's not for the reader to search the internet to verify what you have written. As per
WP:BURDEN, it's for you to verify what you have written with references from reliable sources.--
John B123 (
talk)
15:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Patten RiverDelete- (change to delete after reading later comments about the Patten -
Jokulhlaup (
talk) 17:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC)) I usually support the keeping of river articles, but this needs deleting/redirecting as per Bearcat. I agree that many of these articles are poorly written and sourced, which isn't a reason for deletion - but this one is barely on the map, let alone enough sources for a decent article.-
Jokulhlaup (
talk)
14:33, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately, even Patten River isn't referenced to any sources that actually support its existence either, so I can't support a redirect to an article that's also potential deletion bait.
Bearcat (
talk)
17:08, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
The same applies to
Patten River, the only reference is a dead link (and was dead 4 years before the article was written
[1]) The most recent archived copy (Jan 2013
[2]) doesn't mention the Patten River. --
John B123 (
talk)
16:03, 26 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete Something is not inherently notable because it exists, otherwise who wants to write my biography here on Wikipedia? For a river to be notable it should have multiple intellectually independent sources describing it in a significant detail and providing reasons for why it is different than any of the other millions of rivers in the world. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Fails
WP:N --
ARoseWolf18:00, 26 January 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
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.