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Keep as per
WP:NGEO - "Legally recognized, populated places are presumed to be notable." I'm basing my belief it is populated on using googlemaps to see houses on the island, not fussed to be proven wrong on that. "Too short" doesn't seem like a great rationale for deletion to me, although I would note the second ref appears to locate the place wrongly. If merging I would suggest merge to
Malaita Province.
Mujinga (
talk)
18:42, 25 January 2020 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Malu'u. I've created an article on the village nearby. This small island only has a line of info available for it in google books, what we have is written in that article. I strongly suggest redirecting now
Mujinga.♦
Dr. Blofeld12:55, 26 January 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep It's been written about in Lonely Planet and a couple other books per a simple Google search. English sources aren't easy to come by, but it's clearly an island on which people live and we do function as a gazetteer.
SportingFlyerT·C09:37, 27 January 2020 (UTC)reply
What about the first point of
WP:WHYN? “If only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject, that subject does not qualify for a separate page, but should instead be merged into an article about a larger topic or relevant list.”
1234qwer1234qwer4 (
talk)
18:03, 29 January 2020 (UTC)reply
Never actually seen that at a deletion discussion before, but we tend to keep stubs of geographic places, especially considering this one could be expanded a bit even though online sources are sparse.
SportingFlyerT·C00:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)reply
And how do you know that "only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject"? Not yet having been written does not equate to cannot be written, although that does seem to be a common misconception. Wikipedia is a work in progress. That's why stubs are valid. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
11:45, 30 January 2020 (UTC)reply
I'm one of the most enthusiastic editors here with regard to making this cover the world in as much detail as possible but even I think it makes most sense to mention this tiny island in the nearby village article. If at some point sources become available for it, then write an article on it. 11 years and there is still nothing about it, there is no issue with redirecting it to the bottom of
Malu'u. We're ultimately trying to build the highest quality encyclopedia and convey information in the best way possible.♦
Dr. Blofeld13:51, 30 January 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.
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.
Keep as per
WP:NGEO - "Legally recognized, populated places are presumed to be notable." I'm basing my belief it is populated on using googlemaps to see houses on the island, not fussed to be proven wrong on that. "Too short" doesn't seem like a great rationale for deletion to me, although I would note the second ref appears to locate the place wrongly. If merging I would suggest merge to
Malaita Province.
Mujinga (
talk)
18:42, 25 January 2020 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Malu'u. I've created an article on the village nearby. This small island only has a line of info available for it in google books, what we have is written in that article. I strongly suggest redirecting now
Mujinga.♦
Dr. Blofeld12:55, 26 January 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep It's been written about in Lonely Planet and a couple other books per a simple Google search. English sources aren't easy to come by, but it's clearly an island on which people live and we do function as a gazetteer.
SportingFlyerT·C09:37, 27 January 2020 (UTC)reply
What about the first point of
WP:WHYN? “If only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject, that subject does not qualify for a separate page, but should instead be merged into an article about a larger topic or relevant list.”
1234qwer1234qwer4 (
talk)
18:03, 29 January 2020 (UTC)reply
Never actually seen that at a deletion discussion before, but we tend to keep stubs of geographic places, especially considering this one could be expanded a bit even though online sources are sparse.
SportingFlyerT·C00:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)reply
And how do you know that "only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject"? Not yet having been written does not equate to cannot be written, although that does seem to be a common misconception. Wikipedia is a work in progress. That's why stubs are valid. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
11:45, 30 January 2020 (UTC)reply
I'm one of the most enthusiastic editors here with regard to making this cover the world in as much detail as possible but even I think it makes most sense to mention this tiny island in the nearby village article. If at some point sources become available for it, then write an article on it. 11 years and there is still nothing about it, there is no issue with redirecting it to the bottom of
Malu'u. We're ultimately trying to build the highest quality encyclopedia and convey information in the best way possible.♦
Dr. Blofeld13:51, 30 January 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
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