The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 18:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
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This appears to breach both WP:OR as well as WP:Notability, as the vast majority of reputable sources refer to the body of water adjacent to the Somali coast as the Indian Ocean, and not Somali sea. A search for "Somali sea" returns few results for on Google Scholar [1]. Renowned oceanographers such as Henry Stommel and Bruce Warren for example state "The part of the Indian Ocean surveyed ... does not seem to have a specific name: no one, for example, calls it the" Somali Sea "in analogy with " Arabian Sea." [2]. Additionally, it appears this POV is being pushed in Wikipedia by a long term vandal on the Somali project, majority of non-automated edits in the article's history page come via IP from a specific range linked to vandal as well as confirmed sock accounts (e.g. Felinepaw) [3]. For more information of pattern of IP disruption in relation to "Somali Sea" please see User:TomStar81/Horn_of_Africa_disruption#Example_2:_Somali_sea.
At worst this is original research, and at best the usage of "Somali sea" in reliable sources is generic and not in reference to a specific body of water known as "Somali sea", as such undue and in breach of notability guidelines. Kzl55 ( talk) 13:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 18:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
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This appears to breach both WP:OR as well as WP:Notability, as the vast majority of reputable sources refer to the body of water adjacent to the Somali coast as the Indian Ocean, and not Somali sea. A search for "Somali sea" returns few results for on Google Scholar [1]. Renowned oceanographers such as Henry Stommel and Bruce Warren for example state "The part of the Indian Ocean surveyed ... does not seem to have a specific name: no one, for example, calls it the" Somali Sea "in analogy with " Arabian Sea." [2]. Additionally, it appears this POV is being pushed in Wikipedia by a long term vandal on the Somali project, majority of non-automated edits in the article's history page come via IP from a specific range linked to vandal as well as confirmed sock accounts (e.g. Felinepaw) [3]. For more information of pattern of IP disruption in relation to "Somali Sea" please see User:TomStar81/Horn_of_Africa_disruption#Example_2:_Somali_sea.
At worst this is original research, and at best the usage of "Somali sea" in reliable sources is generic and not in reference to a specific body of water known as "Somali sea", as such undue and in breach of notability guidelines. Kzl55 ( talk) 13:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)