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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nom (non-admin closure) Onel5969 TT me 18:30, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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Not sure if this was ever a district of the Bouenza Department, can't find any reference on any of the associated pages which shows this. It's been an uncited stub for over 10 years. 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 10 districts of the department. If it had been a district at one point in time, then it would be a simple fix to change the tense from is to was, but I can find no sourcing to indicate this. Onel5969 TT me 02:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Withdrawn by Nom - as per research found by SportingFlyer. Onel5969 TT me 18:29, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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- Comment I've found: [1] and this (not a RS, possibly a Wikipedia mirror?) [2]. So this was likely a thing at some point. SportingFlyer T· C 22:10, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Response - Yes, I saw that
SportingFlyer - but if you look at the listing for Nkayi, it is listed as a "c" - for commune (one of the four in the list, as explained in the second paragraph), rather than a "d" for district. It was one of the reasons I began researching. There is also another one on this list, Mossendjo, which I fear suffers from the same issue (and I've also started an AfD on). And I agree, I'm not sure it's an RS, but their underlying sources are, I think.
Onel5969
TT me
22:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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Onel5969: I don't think these Congolese articles need to be deleted - assuming everything I've read is true, it looks like this was a district and they split off a commune and then Kayes District became the remainder of the district. Either we update these to be historical per
[3] or move them to be the commune article. The problem really comes down to sourcing.
SportingFlyer
T·
C
22:57, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- I don't disagree, SportingFlyer - however, I can't seem to find anything in reliable sources to support this (see my note on the other AfD). If they truly were districts at one time, as I said in one of the AfD's, then the fix is simply changing the tense of a single word. But it's about the sourcing. Since the original articles were unsourced (which is why I hate unsourced articles), there's no way to track down what that editor was looking at over 10 years ago. However, barring turning up anything which supports their historical context, I think they should be deleted. Onel5969 TT me 23:14, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- @
Onel5969: I don't think these Congolese articles need to be deleted - assuming everything I've read is true, it looks like this was a district and they split off a commune and then Kayes District became the remainder of the district. Either we update these to be historical per
[3] or move them to be the commune article. The problem really comes down to sourcing.
SportingFlyer
T·
C
22:57, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Response - Yes, I saw that
SportingFlyer - but if you look at the listing for Nkayi, it is listed as a "c" - for commune (one of the four in the list, as explained in the second paragraph), rather than a "d" for district. It was one of the reasons I began researching. There is also another one on this list, Mossendjo, which I fear suffers from the same issue (and I've also started an AfD on). And I agree, I'm not sure it's an RS, but their underlying sources are, I think.
Onel5969
TT me
22:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nom (non-admin closure) Onel5969 TT me 18:30, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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Not sure if this was ever a district of the Bouenza Department, can't find any reference on any of the associated pages which shows this. It's been an uncited stub for over 10 years. 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 10 districts of the department. If it had been a district at one point in time, then it would be a simple fix to change the tense from is to was, but I can find no sourcing to indicate this. Onel5969 TT me 02:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Withdrawn by Nom - as per research found by SportingFlyer. Onel5969 TT me 18:29, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:20, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:20, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Comment I've found: [1] and this (not a RS, possibly a Wikipedia mirror?) [2]. So this was likely a thing at some point. SportingFlyer T· C 22:10, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Response - Yes, I saw that
SportingFlyer - but if you look at the listing for Nkayi, it is listed as a "c" - for commune (one of the four in the list, as explained in the second paragraph), rather than a "d" for district. It was one of the reasons I began researching. There is also another one on this list, Mossendjo, which I fear suffers from the same issue (and I've also started an AfD on). And I agree, I'm not sure it's an RS, but their underlying sources are, I think.
Onel5969
TT me
22:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- @
Onel5969: I don't think these Congolese articles need to be deleted - assuming everything I've read is true, it looks like this was a district and they split off a commune and then Kayes District became the remainder of the district. Either we update these to be historical per
[3] or move them to be the commune article. The problem really comes down to sourcing.
SportingFlyer
T·
C
22:57, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- I don't disagree, SportingFlyer - however, I can't seem to find anything in reliable sources to support this (see my note on the other AfD). If they truly were districts at one time, as I said in one of the AfD's, then the fix is simply changing the tense of a single word. But it's about the sourcing. Since the original articles were unsourced (which is why I hate unsourced articles), there's no way to track down what that editor was looking at over 10 years ago. However, barring turning up anything which supports their historical context, I think they should be deleted. Onel5969 TT me 23:14, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- @
Onel5969: I don't think these Congolese articles need to be deleted - assuming everything I've read is true, it looks like this was a district and they split off a commune and then Kayes District became the remainder of the district. Either we update these to be historical per
[3] or move them to be the commune article. The problem really comes down to sourcing.
SportingFlyer
T·
C
22:57, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Response - Yes, I saw that
SportingFlyer - but if you look at the listing for Nkayi, it is listed as a "c" - for commune (one of the four in the list, as explained in the second paragraph), rather than a "d" for district. It was one of the reasons I began researching. There is also another one on this list, Mossendjo, which I fear suffers from the same issue (and I've also started an AfD on). And I agree, I'm not sure it's an RS, but their underlying sources are, I think.
Onel5969
TT me
22:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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