Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Souq Al Mubarakeya


 * 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   keep. postdlf (talk) 22:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Souq Al Mubarakeya

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Article cites no references, and may not be reliable. Carwile2 (talk) 23:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep The problem is the spelling of Souq. Google Archives suggests the alternate spelling "Souk Al Mubarakiya" and when one does a search for that, I believe there are sufficient results, even in non-Arabic, to keep this historic market article. But I daresay a Arabic language search would yield much more. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:18, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:30, 2 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay, my own efforts at an Arabic language Gnews archive search were successful. Using your browser auto-translator, you can see the results in English. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:44, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to make a note that first of all, I am not trying to delete these articles to cause controversy. I merely think that this small area of Wikipedia can be improved. I encourage all improvement of all articles so that they may meet Wikipedia's standards. As for you, Shawn in Montreal, I wanted to tell you that I am glad that you found sources. Please incorporate them into all other articles, or else this article may be deleted. Carwile2 (talk) 01:52, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't entirely agree, per WP:AFDNOTCLEANUP. Even if additional WP:RS aren't added, but are seen to exist, that is typically considered sufficient to keep, regardless of the current state of the article. But let's see what consensus is. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:58, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a shame that the English-language Kuwait Times has no un-broken links: what a lousy job of web-archiving they do, beause Gnews did reveal some articles. And I should point out that my Arabic search results include a school of the same name, and other things. I'm still for keep, as it seems to be an historic market. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:14, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I am still for Delete, but if the article should make stand through this test, I propose that we move it to the name of which it is most commonly referred. Carwile2 (talk) 23:18, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It would be Souk, Souq or even Al-Mubarakeya Market, I guess. And I think the hyphen is missing, too. But we can also just recreate redirects, for alternate names or spellings, if need be. And then list those alternate names in the lead, per ALTERNATIVETITLE. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:26, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Shopping malls-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:10, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:10, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 16:47, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Keep per sources found by Shawn in Montreal. --Cerebellum (talk) 00:30, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 03:39, 18 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep per Shawn of Montreal and the sources found with the alternate spelling. WP:GNG and WP:AFD require the existence of sources, not that they be place the article or even available online.--Oakshade (talk) 22:45, 23 September 2013 (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.