Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Somali Sea


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Somali Sea

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This appears to breach both WP:OR as well as WP:Notability, as the vast majority of reputable sources refer to the body of water adjacent to the Somali coast as the Indian Ocean, and not Somali sea. A search for "Somali sea" returns few results for on Google Scholar. Renowned oceanographers such as Henry Stommel and Bruce Warren for example state "The part of the Indian Ocean surveyed ... does not seem to have a specific name: no one, for example, calls it the" Somali Sea "in analogy with " Arabian Sea." . Additionally, it appears this POV is being pushed in Wikipedia by a long term vandal on the Somali project, majority of non-automated edits in the article's history page come via IP from a specific range linked to vandal as well as confirmed sock accounts (e.g. Felinepaw) . For more information of pattern of IP disruption in relation to "Somali Sea" please see User:TomStar81/Horn_of_Africa_disruption.

At worst this is original research, and at best the usage of "Somali sea" in reliable sources is generic and not in reference to a specific body of water known as "Somali sea", as such undue and in breach of notability guidelines. Kzl55 (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Kzl55 (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Kzl55 (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. Kzl55 (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete Article is a hoax, this is entirely OR. Cite 1 is "The Continuing Conundrum of the Somali Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone", cite 5 says "Illegal maritime Activities and the Threat to Somali Sea and Ocean", cite 7 says "foreign vessels stealing Somalia sea resources", and cite 10 does not use these words together at all. Cannot read the other sources but it is clear that there no so such thing as "The Somali Sea". I'd note the same user who created the page also created the German one that is now just a translation of this. Reywas92Talk 16:44, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research.Mccapra (talk) 20:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete as based on original research Jacob300 (talk) 17:51, 13 August 2020 (UTC)


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