Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qorixabaalan


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The result was Move. to Gori Rit J04n(talk page) 15:20, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Qorixabaalan

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Yet another geonames "locality", not a town, with nothing in particular at the coordinates. Also seems to be spelled "Qori Xabaalan".Mangoe (talk) 04:05, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 04:27, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 04:27, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Dubious. The US military seem to think it is something, but naturally it's unclear what they were looking at when they entered it into their database, maybe some tents? No idea. There may have been some citogenesis also. However there is a real town called Gori Rit right next door that has no article (yet). So perhaps just rename it, this current title is probably erroneous. Prince of Thieves (talk) 13:43, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Based on the UN map I'd be willing to have an article on that, but first we need to go through the other articles to see if it hasn't been created with some slightly off name. Mangoe (talk) 14:25, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Can't see anything else nearby save this which would seem to be another patch of named desert with an article on Lsjbot-wiki. I filled out Q49256213 for Gori Rit. Prince of Thieves (talk) 15:04, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep and rename to Gori Rit. 92.9.152.17 (talk) 21:10, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete I do see there is a real nearby population center called Gori Rit and support having an article about it, I just don't thing that is what this title is referring to. There are frequently multiple Latin spellings of non-Latin character names, but "Qorixabaalan" just seems too different from "Gori Rit" for them to be the same. --Oakshade (talk) 22:57, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Whoever closes this AFD should ignore the above evaluation by oakshade since its obvious he has no idea what he's talking about. In the Somali transliterations the letter Q and G are often interchangeable. Therefore the first four letters are the same. The only difference is what follows. In fact, I'm surprised so many people comment on Somali-related issues while simultaneously being clueless about anything Somali-related. Since the two places are more or less the same it should be renamed Gori Rit imo. 92.9.152.17 (talk) 23:31, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I knew the English "q" is frequently substituted for "g" in Arabic words. Is "-xabalaalen" interchangeable with "rit"?  And why are coordinates attributed to Qorixabaalan's location miles away from Gori Rit?  --Oakshade (talk) 03:43, 20 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Firstly, Somali and Arabic are two totally different languages. I speak both fluently. Secondly, yes, xabaalan and rit are interchangeable since the names mean roughly the same thing. Gori rit means "put down weapon". Qori xabaalan means "buried weapon". So yes, a name change to Gori Rit is in order. As for coordinates, that can always be manually changed. 92.19.179.136 (talk) 07:16, 20 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep and rename As it appears to be referring to a notable location per WP:NPLACE, albeit by an alternate name. Smartyllama (talk) 17:25, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm quite OK with an article about the other name, but it's at a completely different location as well. I did not find another name which could be matched with this, so I think we're good to go for the move/rewrite. Mangoe (talk) 17:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC)


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