Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siridao Beach


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The result was keep. Joyous! | Talk 00:51, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Siridao Beach

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De-prodded with following reason: "Goa state is known for its beaches, so its important to include all beaches in wiki so that tourists can explore them." That's not a valid rationale for inclusion. There is nothing to show that this particular beach is notable, and searches did not turn up anything to alter that opinion.  Onel 5969  TT me 12:11, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as I concur, and I saw this when it happened, a beach is quite rarely convincing for its own article, regardless of whether it's known or not, simply because there's nothing to suggest an independent article. SwisterTwister   talk  17:45, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Keep – Meets WP:GNG and WP:GEOLAND per a review of available sources, one of the core bases of topic notability. The beach has received scholarly coverage and coverage regarding its salt water baths and as a tourist destination. Another option, and alternative to deletion, is to merge to Siridao, which would make the merge target article more accurate and comprehensive. See some source examples below. North America1000 19:49, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * "Locals swear by healing properties of salt water baths". The Times of India
 * "The residents of Siridao once again held a protest at the tourism department office at Paryatan bhavan, Patto, Panaji". The Navhind Times. 2:47 duration newscast.
 * "Community structure of sand-dwelling macrofauna of an estuarine beach in Goa, India". National Institute of Oceanography. 4 pages. Based upon sand-dwelling macrofauna at Siridao Beach.
 * "Role of salinity in structuring the intertidal meiofauna of a tropical estuarine beach: Field evidence". Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. Quote: "... The ﬁeld study was further supported by laboratory experiments with commonly occurring benthic harpacticoid and turbellarian species. Materials and Methods The sampling was from Siridao beach on the northern bank of the river Zuari, located in the central part of Goa. ..." pp. 356-361.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America1000 19:52, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America1000 19:52, 17 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep: Topic apparently satisfies the General notability guideline. Anup   [Talk]  21:42, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per Anupmehra. -- do ncr  am  03:22, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: named natural features are considered notable (WP:GEOLAND). Pratyush (talk) 22:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, per Northamerica1000, satisfies WP:GEOLAND. Just to quibble a bit with the above, GEOLAND does not grant inherent notability to named natural features, it only suggests an article is appropriate for inclusion provided information beyond statistics and coordinates is known to exist (this is true for this article). It also suggests that minor features should be considered for inclusion in an article about regional geography rather than a standalone article. A merger to Siridao would probably be the best ultimate outcome for a minor feature such as this, but that could be handled by bold editing or discussion at the article, it's not something that needs to be mandated here. Antepenultimate (talk) 12:29, 22 November 2016 (UTC)


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