Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/'Abadilah


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The result was keep. John254 17:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

'Abadilah
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One of a list of apparently completely unremarkable settlements in the UAE. Completely failing to meet WP:N. The mere existence doesn't warrant an article, if they should be mentioned they can be named in the article of the region/country/emirate to which they belong. As for the argument that they're just stubs: They exist for months now, and not even the most basic information was provided.

I am also nominating the following related pages because of the same reason:

Averell (talk) 09:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep all - thousands of people live in each of these settlements. Perhaps there is some difficulty with translation - they should be called towns, I think. I believe that any town with thousands of people in it should be on wikipedia. - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Truth is, I would have let them alone if there'd been even the tiniest amount of verifiable information. Just one source, a sourced population figure, anything. But I didn't even find anything useful on Google. If the only thing you can say about those towns is "they exist", then to me it seems perfectly o.k. to say that in one of the "upper" articles (and make a redirect of the town names, if you like). Averell (talk) 10:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

--Darkspin (talk) 10:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC) I agree with the above statement from User:Averell and in addition want to add a statement that no matter the size of the population it does not constitute the right to neglect or reject the fact of its existence.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 11:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment perhaps you should find a native speaker to help you search non-English references for verification.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 00:28, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Very strong keep (assuming any verification can be found) per massive precedent on settlements, all of which are regarded as de facto notable. Grutness...wha?  00:29, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - per Grutness. &mdash; neuro(talk) 03:19, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Real places are inherently notable. Edward321 (talk) 23:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


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