Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Region 1, East Timor


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The result was delete. ST47 (talk) 22:47, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Region 1, East Timor

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 * Region 2, East Timor
 * Region 3, East Timor
 * Region 4, East Timor
 * Region 5, East Timor

Not real regions, but made-up groupings of municipalities used inconsistently in a couple reports for statistical purposes. Citation 1 (pdf) defines them as Region 1 (Baucau, Lautem, Viqueque), Region 2 (Ainaro, Manatutu, Manufahi), Region 3 (Aileu, Dili, Ermera), Region 4 (Bobonaro, Cova Lima, Liquica), and Region 5 (Oecusse) while citation 2 uses Region 1 : Baucau, Lautem, Viqueque, Region 2 : Aileu, Ainaro, Manufahi, Region 3 : Dili, Ermera, Liquica, Manatuto, Region 4 : Bobonaro, Covalima, Special Region: Oecussi. Note differences in regions 2 and 3 and name of region 5. z Not mentioned in comprehensive government statistical documents and   that discuss the actual Municipalities of East Timor. Reywas92Talk 20:12, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:29, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:29, 26 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete: Groan. I think there may well be hundreds more like this; for the tiny villages in Africa type of stub there is an argument (however weak I think it is) that the stub helps, but for these artificial groupings it is quite clearly ridiculous. I think though that it is important to be careful: saying "made up" is misleading, since this normally means "made up by an editor". Perhaps we could have a centralised discussion somewhere, (or an essay to link to), with a careful explanation of the exact problem. Basically it is the expansion of just any list of items to an "article" for each item saying it is a member of the list. Imaginatorium (talk) 07:51, 30 May 2019 (UTC)


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