Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mehrshahr


 * 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 keep. ST47 (talk) 01:06, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Mehrshahr

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Per WP:V. I have attempted to find WP:RS for the article but have been unsuccessful. Under WP:DEL-REASON No. 7 Willbb234 (talk) 10:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC) Please visit the contributions of the creator of this page here. The user had not edited before creating the article, meaning they were inexperienced and most likely wrote this off of their own WP:OR. Willbb234 (talk) 14:30, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Willbb234 (talk) 10:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep I’ve added sources to parts of it and cut the parts which were unsourced additions . Mccapra (talk) 12:07, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but the first two sources state very little about Mehrshahr itself, and more about the Morvarid Palace. The sources don't back up what the article says, for example, the article says that the area was designed by The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation whereas the source says that the palace was built by The Frank Lloyd Wright Society, and nothing about the area it is in. The two sources are talking about the palace and not the town, which is the subject of the article. Also, the third source looks like a tabloid, large numbers of ads and the translation of the Arabic seems very promotional and questionable of whether it can be trusted. This is just my opinion, but I do thank you for your research. (I think this is the palace talked about in the first two sources). Willbb234 (talk) 14:06, 16 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. Looks like this subject straightforwardly meets the notability criterion 'populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable' under Notability (geographic features). Alarichall (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * This AfD discussion is not arguing that the article is not notable, but that there is an issue with WP:V. Willbb234 (talk) 13:54, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I’m limited by not understanding more than the odd word of Farsi. There are lots of Farsi refs for Mehrshahr but most are clearly commercial property sites so not suitable for us. The Farsi ref I’ve added is the one used to support the fa.wiki article. It describes the development of the suburb in phases, supporting the text of the article. The two English refs are about the Pearl Palace but they confirm the location in Mehrshahr, as well as the links with the Pahlavi family and FLW. I agree the sourcing is not strong, but overall I feel we’re not in deletion territory here - cleanup and additional sourcing templates would be adequate in my view. Mccapra (talk) 21:16, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:01, 22 June 2019 (UTC)


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