Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mortar, Bihar


 * 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. It's clear the consensus is to Keep this article but it still could use some editing attention. Liz Read! Talk! 05:35, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Mortar, Bihar

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I think that the article Mortar, Bihar should be deleted because it does not indicate its specialty or NOTABILITY. Mortar is a village, and there are many other villages that do not have articles. Mast303 (talk) 04:33, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: I believe you are looking at this the wrong way. There are many villages that don't have pages on them simply because they haven't been created yet, not because they are not notable. Usually, all locations recognized as places/subdivisions by countries are considered notable. See "Populated, legally recognized places" in Notability (geographic features). Capsulecap (talk • contribs) 07:14, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Discussion page was created without the afd2 template. Fixed now.   for future nominations, please fully follow the instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO.  Thank you.  --Finngall talk  17:59, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Bihar.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:58, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The nomination is obviously incorrect, per the above, but can anyone find sources for this? Neither the national census nor the Begusarai site seems to list this village under this spelling. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:09, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - I've changed the coordinates (see Talk page for explanation []. The village is named in a list derived from the Indian census. However, the link I was putting in to support this is Wikipedia blacklisted for some reason. (Google and my browser have no link warnings). There's also problems accessing the official census website. Still, on the assumption the source is reliable, Mortar is a populated, legally recognised place and notability is presumed under WP:GEOLAND. Rupples (talk) 22:43, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no problem accessing the official census website, but it doesn't have an entry for Mortar, as I showed above. Do you have a better source than Google Maps, which is often inaccurate? You can enter a blacklisted site here in slightly obfuscated form so that it doesn't try to create a link. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:53, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @Phil Bridger. Firefox is rejecting your link with this warning . Here's an obfuscated form of the link I was going to include: villageinfo.in/bihar/begusarai/garhpura/mortar Rupples (talk) 00:35, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Strange. Firefox 108.0.1 for Linux displays it for me. I note that villageinfo.in comes with a disclaimer at villageinfo.in/terms that says:"This website is a privately maintained site and does not have any official connection or affiliation whatsoever to government related organizations, or to the Government of India, nor is it endorsed or supported by any of them in any way. The contents of this Website are based on information generally available to the public from sources believed to be reliable. No representation is made that it is timely, accurate or complete. We have taken due care and caution in compilation of data as this has been obtained from various sources including which it considers reliable and first hand. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information. The information herein, together with all estimates and forecasts, can change without notice." Phil Bridger (talk) 09:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Your search briefly 'came on' and I could see your no results before Firefox shut it down again. Weird! I was able to access the site via a different Wikipedia page and searched for Mortar in the box towards the bottom of the following page after ticking "Village" . The population was given as 1,817 with a link to an Excel doc, which I haven't clicked on. Rupples (talk) 20:37, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment - Using Garhpura as the search term is of help in proving a village named Mortar exists but doesn't assist with its exact location. Got to - Mortar is named in the snippet view on page 156. Type Mortar in the search box at the top. Page 122 pops up for Mortar and shows population, area etc. Rupples (talk) 17:40, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


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