Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of diplomatic missions of Northern Cyprus


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The result was   keep. per WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) Logan Talk Contributions 17:35, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

List of diplomatic missions of Northern Cyprus

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Lack of notability and lack of independent citations. Nipsonanomhmata (talk) 01:38, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: due to lack of notability and lack of independent citations. Nipsonanomhmata (talk) 01:39, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You don't need to recommend "delete" again; your delete request as the nominator was already being taken into consideration. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Firstly, the article is referenced, a link to the official list by the official page of the Northern Cyprus Government was already on the page, see here, yes it's in Turkish, but a quick Google Translate clearly shows its validity, though I have also added an English Link.   Secondly, diplomatic missions of nations, and partially recognized nations, are (or at least should be) inherently notable.  These are one of the main ways that a country attempts to exert its influence, as well as to maintain day-to-day relations with nations.  The fact that these are 'technically' not diplomatic mission, but classified as businesses, is because the countries they operate in do not recognize Northern Cyprus and thus they cannot get official diplomatic status.  This is similar to diplomatic missions of Taiwan, Palestine, etc.  Thirdly, independent citations are a difficult thing to find for diplomatic missions as they are something rarely talked about by the media or other purely independent sources.  While independent sources would be ideal, in this case, official sources that confirm the existence of these institutions are perfectly acceptable.  Finally, I'd suggest WP:SNOW keep on this, but I'm not fully familiar with that policy regarding AfD discussions.  Ravendrop (talk) 05:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cyprus-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:50, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:50, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ravendrop. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ravendrop. Lists of diplomatic missions are notable on Wikipedia. Even though officially unrecognised except by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is a de facto state. Jll (talk) 16:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
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