Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of the localities around Tehran


 * 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. Can be userfied on request. The opinion by Bogdan Nagachop is not taken into account because it does not address the reason for deletion - nobody proposed to delete the list because it concerns a topic related to Iran.  Sandstein  05:00, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

List of the localities around Tehran

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Disorganized, unreferenced, unverifiable. I can find no references to use to clean it up (that is, verify entries, explain/remove duplicate entries, and fix disambiguation links), so I don't see any value in keeping it around.  Ja Ga  talk 17:46, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This is bias. Only because the list is from Iran is no reason to delete. You can improve and request that sources are added. Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 18:55, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Please review WP:WIKIHOUNDING, Bogdan. This is becoming inappropriate. -- Ja Ga  talk 18:58, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Interesting that YOU bring that in, you hounding me:, ,  ... and because you disagree with my edits you go to make a SPI case . Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 19:57, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment JaGa grew up in the US. A list like List of inner suburbs in the United States with as of today weird sorting seems to be ok. And there is a whole category with more than hundred lists: Category:Lists of places in the United States -- Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 23:15, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: Bogdan Nagachop has been identified as a sock of indef banned user Tobias Conradi. -- Ja Ga  talk 14:17, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete; per nom - very disorganised and little obviou scope. No sources provided and the vast majority of locations have no article - nothing to indicate this is a notable topic on which to have a list. I generally approve of listing geographical locations but this is unrecoverable. --Errant (chat!) 20:13, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment The user is from the UK. Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 23:14, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't be silly, it is not helping your point. Instead perhaps you could take the time to provide a source.... --Errant (chat!) 13:27, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:06, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:06, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - Inclusion criteria is far to broad. Localities disambiguates to human settlement which has no (min.) specified size ??? Many of the listed 'localities' are in other provinces, which is against the norm for other 'List of villages near X' type Articles. (eg. Garab is 3 provinces away?) I would not be against Userfication until such time as it is ready for ArticleSpace, but right now its just not telling accurate information. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 05:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The Garab link is wrong, there are several Garab in Iran. You seem not to know much of Iran toponomy. IMO anything outside Tehran Province should be removed. Data for county should be added to all locations. Instead of voting for deleting content you could have helped to make Garab a dab for these items:
 * Garab, Lorestan one of several places in Iran named Garab
 * Garab (barangay) in Iguig, Cagayan, Philippines
 * Garab Dorje
 * Why not help to grow content? Why this biased deletion of a Iran-related list? Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 13:10, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. From the title, I would guess the list to be composed of populated places nearby Tehran, but the list is categorized under Category:Neighbourhoods in Tehran.  Clicking on some of the blue links, it looks like it includes both.  A list of named places within Tehran, whether districts of the city, neighborhoods, etc., would seem to be verifiable.  But absent something like a metropolitan area concept, "around Tehran" is too ill defined to be the basis for a list.  A better task might be to focus this list on populated places in Tehran Province, with links to lists of populated places in neighboring provinces.  That would accomplish what this list is attempting without leaving inclusion criteria up in the air.  postdlf (talk) 18:53, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ok, the list is pretty darn awful, but the solution is not to blow it up. Recommend trimming down to existing articles per WTAF. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 06:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Honestly, with that number of redlinks, it would be easier to delete and start over using Category:Populated_places_in_Tehran_Province as the start point. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 23:11, 9 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. A list of municipalities in a defined province area might be better, but it's too late now to do that without basically remaking the list - which most of us couldn't do.  But if someone could put a DEFINITION at the top of the list - how close is "around Tehran", or how else were the municipalities chosen? - it would be easier to defend keeping this. Wnt (talk) 14:31, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree. Looking at the first version of the page, someone copy/pasted a list of localities from God knows where. This might as well be renamed "List of localities in Iran". I have no strong opinion on keeping/deleting. If this was better organized, people would feel compelled to write articles in the red links. --Enric Naval (talk) 12:29, 10 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Userfy then delete. All unenhanced lists, regardless of their content, are totally pointless, and given the opportunity I would delete them all. They create maintenance work without adding value. This particular list has the additional problems of containing mostly red links, and being loaded with multiple duplicates. Category:Populated places in Tehran Province is the correct platform for this information. Any future list should be planned as a structured resource including demographics, history, etc, but that should be a low priority given that the few existing articles in this list appear to be minimal stubs. Userfy this list to support article planning.  Rubywine . talk 12:18, 14 August 2011 (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.