Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Snagov region


 * 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 soft delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 06:59, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Snagov region

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Unsourced article. Scarce discussion in sources. This region either does not exist or is just a colloquial term used by the area's inhabitants without historical, cultural or administrative use, hence the lack of sources. And the flag is a hoax. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 07:30, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Romania. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 07:30, 8 September 2023 (UTC)


 * The page has been moved to the draft space, and will continue to be worked on, sources to be added, and the article as a whole expanded. The region does indeed exist and there are plenty of sources for it. Also, what do you mean by "the flag is a hoax" ? There is a reason why it says "unnoficial" flag. It is a flag used by the people of the region to represent, not officially adopted by any administrative body.
 * I look forward to responses.
 * Thanks. TheSnagovian (talk) 09:13, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what kind of source is "Constitution of the Snagovian People's Republic, Chapter II. Article 3." supposed to be. Currently the census is citing WP:Original research as it is not allowed to manually merge figures (it would be allowed to separately list the population of the three communes). The sixth source does not talk about a "Snagov region" that Balta Doamnei would be part of, it only says that originally the land in which it is located was property of the Snagov Monastery. The seventh and eighth sources are from a (touristic/ecologist?) company, that's not considered a WP:Reliable source. We need scholars or newspapers talking about this region.
 * Though not all regions need to have an article in the first place. Clearly well-defined and widely discussed regions like Northern Bessarabia or Northern Bukovina do not have articles, it is also a matter of WP:Notability. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 11:07, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * This is the link for the fifth source, page 337 only mentions "Regiunea Snagov–Moara Săracă", it's been only added here after a search by the author of "Regiunea Snagov", who just added that source because it mentioned the words "Regiunea" (region) and "Snagov" together. The "Snagov–Moara Săracă Region" in that source is a geological region dated to the Early Cretaceous and the Neogene, it does not verify the information regarding the communes that would compose this region. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 11:15, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I have access to the fourth source through the Wikipedia Library, so I can't put an open-access link. The source doesn't even mention Snagov in its main body, only in a citation. The "Snagov region" is not a discussed topic in that source. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 11:19, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The third source is a full volume divided in four issues. I searched "Snagov" in all of them  , the last two don't even mention Snagov, the second only talks about "Snagov; and Gruiu forest districts" in a botanical article and the first are only source citations. This supposed topic is not discussed by any sources and the ones cited do not verify the information in the article. This pretty much a WP:HOAX. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 11:24, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Apparently this is all connected to a fictional micronation . The flag and described geographical extent match. There are 0 reliable sources discussing this. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 11:30, 8 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete The article doesn't appear to pass WP:GNG based on the sources - appears WP:SYNTH - and a source search only brought up mere mentions, not anything which clearly defines this region. The flag is also some sort of odd POV thing. SportingFlyer  T · C  11:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.