Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geographical centre of the world


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:13, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Geographical centre of the world

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prod was declined: despite that, does not seem to me to be a significant or notable concept, merely an artefact of the coordinate system. One ref mentions it only in passing, the other not at all. Much of the article consists of essay-like commentary of the state of nearby countries. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 14:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:01, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. There seems to be articles about the geographical centres of certain countries. Even if it's just an artifact of the coordinate system, people live within a 1000-mile radius of the "artifact" and it seems to be the site of a new African oil boom right now. If this article works out, we could someday be writing about the "geographical centre of the universe." GVnayR (talk) 20:41, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree that this article should be kept - geographers who read Wikipedia may find it informative and interesting. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:55, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete – Neither of the sources listed actually use this term. It's merely an article about the geographical coordinates 0° latitude, 0° longitude. The concept of a "geographical centre" to the world was contrived by the original author. Technically, it would have made more sense to call it the "Origin of the geographic coordinate system", although that would be confusing because of the ambiguity. Regards, RJH (talk) 03:42, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is purely a result of where we decided to put longitudinal meridians; it has no significance in real life.  Nyttend (talk) 12:43, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. pure, unsourced opinion and original research (if research is the word for a nonsensical thesis). We could have an article for 0 lat/0 long, with any interesting comments made about the random (in one dimension) spot, but this is not that article, and the title is nonsensical. there cannot be a geographical center of a planets surface (or a finite but unbounded universe).Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:14, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment I forgot to mention in my previous statement — Center of the World is actually located at 41.22833°N, -80.91°W. Nyttend (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2012 (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.