Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Map of Iran at the end of the Safavid period


 * 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 merge to Guillaume Delisle.  MBisanz  talk 22:48, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Map of Iran at the end of the Safavid period

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A useful image for various articles, but not a stand-alone article topic. References are about the Safavid dynasty and not the specific map. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 17:40, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:20, 23 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment Would it be better to rename the article to Gilom Dileyslay and focus on Dileyslay, his works, who also was a well travelled Cartographer. Govvy (talk) 20:34, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, Gilom Dileyslay would be a lot better topic for an article. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 20:51, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:29, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:29, 24 July 2019 (UTC)


 * In fact we already have an article on the mapmaker: Guillaume Delisle. The spelling Gilom Dileyslay doesn't seem to be used anywhere besides in connection with this image. It's probably a bad transliteration from French to Persian and back. So yes, let's delete this article because this specific map isn't individually notable, and the title isn't likely to be useful as a redirect. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 09:02, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I wasn't sure about that, but it does seem to make sense to be Guillaume Delisle, is there nothing from this article to merge before it gets deleted? Govvy (talk) 14:28, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. It's essentially an extended caption, describing very basically what the map shows. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 07:53, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Rename and repurpose as an article on the cartographer. However this may well have been a significant map in its time.  if he was in fact Guillaume Delisle, then a merge is requisite.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:32, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The map was definitely made by Guillaume Delisle. It says so in the legend. So what would we rename it to? Or what would we merge? –&#8239;Joe (talk) 07:56, 26 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment, As required by the nom. I have worked on the article again and added some RS for the map itself. The article now passes notability and I request that it can stay. Alex-h (talk) 21:22, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I still don't see any references about the specific map (rather than about the period), nor any reason why this is a good topic for a stand-alone article. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 22:34, 25 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete After some thought, I am not sure we need this article. I feel it be better to improve Guillaume Delisle with a bit of information about the map there. I did think of Safavid dynasty but that is already expansive. Govvy (talk) 13:32, 27 July 2019 (UTC)


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