Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amaras


 * 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 soft delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 17:38, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Amaras

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I can't find evidence for a village called Amaras in Azerbaijan today. It is not registered in Google Maps nor in OpenStreetMap, it appears on Bing Maps (first time I use that thing) but it appears twice in conflicting locations. The village does not have an Armenian Wikipedia page (it's in the Nagorno-Karabakh region), and on Azerbaijani Wikipedia the article deals with a former village. Per Google Scholar I can find no evidence that a place called Amaras currently exists, again it appears that Amaras was a former village. This article's only source gives a 404 error.

I propose to delete this per WP:TNT, the notability of this former village has not been confirmed and everything would need to be rewritten in any case. Confusion has already led to this map in Commons for example to show "Amaras" as a village recaptured by Azerbaijan even though it appears it does not exist today. If it is notable, someone will eventually write an article for it. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 17:44, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography, Asia,  and Europe. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 17:44, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Azerbaijan-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:04, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete and then create a redirect to Amaras Monastery. The monastery's website does say, "Near the monastery, there are ruins of the early medieval town of Amaras known to be an ancient regional settlement mentioned in Armenian manuscripts, specifically—in the 7th century volume called The History of the Land of Aghvank." but that could (possibly) be mentioned in the monastery article. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:23, 24 September 2023 (UTC)


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