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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nom (non-admin closure) Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:27, 29 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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Not sure if this was ever a district of the Niari Department, can't find any reference on any of the associated pages which shows this. Also can't find anything online either. However, according to the most recent sources (as well as the WP article on the Department) doesn't show it as one of the 14 districts of the department. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:02, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

• Withdrawn by Nom - based on the research by SportingFlyer. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:26, 29 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^{( talk)} 02:42, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:21, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

• Comment this says it's obsolete, and "may be an outright mistake." [1] However, it's not an "outright mistake" per the source quoted here from 1950: [2] I'm really not sure what to recommend here, but I don't think it should be deleted per se. SportingFlyer T· C 23:00, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Question - in that second source, where does it talk about Mossendjo… I can't find it. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 23:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Onel5969: footnote 44 supports WP:NEXIST. SportingFlyer T· C 00:04, 29 January 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Onel5969: and per google translating [3], this should be renamed to Moutamba District, and Nkayi to Kayes District. SportingFlyer T· C 00:07, 29 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Excellent research, SportingFlyer - If you're sure that translation's correct, we can simply rename the current article, and close that AfD, same with this AfD. However, that source says that the name change occurred back in 1984, 2 decades before the WP articles were written. I tend to agree that we can do that, what do you say? In that vane, we should also rename the Ouesso District article into Mokéko District. It's interesting that Louvakou District was never called Loubomo on Wikipedia. Want to hear something ironic, it was my reviewing the new article, Hinda District which started me looking into this. Now based on this new source you've uncovered, that article should be deleted, and the Pointe-Noire District article simply renamed. What are your thoughts?

I'd focus on just what you've sent to AfD first. I don't think you're wrong, but both Ouesso District and Ouesso Commune bring up English-language search hits. I think Hinda is a better article than Pointe-Noire, to be honest - better sourcing. SportingFlyer T· C 04:27, 29 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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