Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sonoara


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The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 15:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Sonoara

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Article is essentially unverifiable gibberish. I was actually in the process of cleaning it up and was looking for sources when I realized that I can't even reliably verify where this place is supposed to be.

This article is the only Ghit when searching for jai raj singh sonoara, the suggested spelling and gorakhpur sonoara. Sonora is a state in Mexico but that's obviously not the subject of this article and Gorakhpur appears to be a city in India, so I guess that sort of narrows it down. I haven't been able to find any article that mention both. 'sonoara India' gets 13 Ghits - most of them non-English and some of which apparently deal with the Mexican state (I tried Google India, as well, with the exact same results). "sonora India" gets ~110.

The gentleman who financed the infrastructure improvements is mentioned on several websites (about 900 with the suggested spelling and ~260 with the spelling that's in the article). Article has no incoming links and no sources. Aside from deadtree research, I can't really think of any way to even verify the town's existence. Usually, I would have contacted the only contributing editor. That appears to be a SPA with a single contribution (ie. this article) though. Hence, I'm listing it here. -- Seed 2.0 22:14, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. The article says directly that it's in Gorakhpur District. I was unable to find an English source confirming the village name. Maybe the English spelling is wrong. The article was created last month. I have notified the creator. PrimeHunter 00:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions.   --   &rArr; bsnowball  15:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete 6.4 lakh (0.64 million) villages in India. Cant include all of them can we. Absolutely no notability. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 04:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment, we include every census-designated place and unincorporated area in America, many with populations less than 4000 (see Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California). Any idea of the coordinates of this village?  John Vandenberg 10:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that's a valid point but the keyword here is census-designated. I can reliably verify the information about any census-designated American town regardless of whether it's a few miles from my house or a small community somewhere in Alaska and I am pretty much guaranteed to have multiple reliable sources to work with (ie. not just the census report). I couldn't even reliably verify that this town exists. I have reason to believe it does but I can't prove it. And if I can't even do that then it stands to reason that it's going to be just as hard (or even impossible) to source all the other information in the article. -- Seed 2.0 13:54, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * RS are difficult in third world regions; I've left a note on Talk:Gorakhpur District. John Vandenberg 22:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Didn't think of that. Thanks. -- Seed 2.0 23:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Villages are notable, but in absence of any sources of any kind, this fails WP:V. Besides, minus promotion of Jai Raj Singh, the article has almost no content. utcursch | talk 06:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete; I've also tried and failed to verify this exists. John Vandenberg 07:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC)


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