Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jumeirah Islands (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:05, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Jumeirah Islands
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WP:N concern [ UseTheCommandLine  ~/ talk  ]# &#9604; 17:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Arab Emirates-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:41, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep, meets the criteria of notability. --Norden1990 (talk) 17:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * How, exactly? I mean, can you elaborate on that a bit? Just saying "it's notable" doesnt seem like much of an argument. I notice the previous nomination some of the people voting Keep subsequently soft-pedaled that, but it still got kept rather than being discussed further. -- [ UseTheCommandLine  ~/ talk  ]# &#9604; 18:24, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - obviously the islands were created and then named by the property developer who built them and so we have to be careful about promotion and puffery. But at the end of the day, this is now a populated location with 736 houses (more than many small towns) and would seem to pass WP:GEOLAND. It is certainly recognised as a suburb in related media coverage including this, this,this and this with some coverage even finding a short-hand acronym for the place "JI". The coverage suggests it might even pass WP:GNG. Stalwart 111  23:40, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It's worth noting, I think, that the previous AFD was conducted in October 2006 when the "neighbourhood" hadn't been completed and hadn't been opened or settled. 7 years later, it's obviously a different story and the coverage/recognition as a populated location reflects that. Stalwart 111  23:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep To me, regretably, localities like this are notable. Dloh cierekim  05:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep meets the relatively low standard of WP:GEOLAND basically per the arguments and sources brought by Stalwart.  03:37, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
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