Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afweyn


 * 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.

The result was Delete. Regardless of what the name means, we can't have an article about it if it has no coverage in reliable sources.  Hut 8.5  22:09, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Afweyn

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"Afweyn" appears to be Somali for "water well", because there are dozens of hits for this in Geonames, and most of them are tagged as wells, including two in this region alone. The one with the coords in this article is another spot in the middle of nowhere near the coast. Searching is impossible due to the common name, but I have to doubt the notability of wells, as I would the notability of towns with gas stations. Mangoe (talk) 16:00, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. As a fluent Somali speaker I am nominating keep because I find it quite perplexing how someone who speaks not a single word of Somali is trying to translate Somali words. Amazing. Afweyn means "big mouth". Af = mouth; weyn = big. *shakes head*. Also, since water wells are a political tool as well as important subsistence tool in such a barren region, this article is notable. 92.19.179.136 (talk) 07:28, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Google Translate does Somali now, send them feedback if they got it wrong. As far as the article is concerned, it clearly states it is a populated place, which is untrue, it is at best a well, assuming it exists at all, which is currently dubious. I see no specific guideline on whether desert wells are notable, it seems to me that they are relevant as you say, but somewhat lacking in sources or anything that could be written about them. Prince of Thieves (talk) 22:43, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  Ivec os  (t) 18:22, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions.  Ivec os  (t) 18:22, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 02:28, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete OpenStreetMap calls it a well, and if it's a well, it doesn't pass WP:GEOLAND as there are no reliable sources. Would also like to note I would like to keep all of these if possible. SportingFlyer (talk) 07:12, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment No builidngs are visible via satellite at that location SpaceInnovader (talk) 06:45, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The article also calls this place El Afweyn, but El Afweyn describes what's obviously a different place (the capital of El Afweyn District). Unclear how that relates to notability, or lack thereof.  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:07, 7 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 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.