Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southern Islands, Northern Mariana Islands


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The result was delete. Consensus seems to be that this isn't an actual place and the article useless. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:47, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Southern Islands, Northern Mariana Islands

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Also nominating Northern Islands, Northern Mariana Islands

Not an actual region of the CNMI, the author merely took a directional adjective and made it into an official place. Quotes from sources are "The northern islands are high volcanic islands and the southern islands are raised limestone." and "the southern islands in this north-south trending archipelago are limestone, with fringing coral reefs; the northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on several islands". There is in fact a Northern Islands Municipality, but this context-free article basically falls under WP:A11. Reywas92Talk 18:50, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:05, 27 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Strongly Keep look like without checking properly, AFD was added. According to WP:A11 proposed, someone died on 23 Sep 1986 in an Obviously invented(WP:A11) place. :)  These are basic geographical regions commonly recognized.
 * Lol besides FindAGrave not being a reliable source, it's obvious it's referring to the Northern Islands Municipality. YOU need to check properly for what articles already exist and how they define things. The second source includes Guam in your supposed "Southern Islands, Northern Mariana Islands", but it's a separate entity from the Northern Mariana Islands. These are geographic descriptors, not uniformly defined and recognized regions. And even then, by no means are separate articles needed here! The difference between volcanic and limestone rocks is already mentioned at Northern_Mariana_Islands, and your worthless stub provides nothing to the reader. Reywas92Talk 15:59, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * OMG! Geographic places are not officially defined and it is term for usage only. We have more than enough evidence for the usage.  The second reference is clarifying it with more scientific ways.  If you want to enforce your own ideas as a organized user group, instead of the usage, it is up to you to decide. :)  Shevonsilva (talk) 17:15, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, you added a bunch of sources that refer to Northern Islands Municipality! Why don't you add some content from references you find to the existing article on this place rather than create empty pages? That article could possibly be moved to remove "Municipality" though, and Southern Islands still deleted. Reywas92Talk 01:55, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: no evidence of notability. Mere mention in however many places is not enough, particularly for a generic geographical description. could you please be careful to sign your posts, and if you are the article creator you might say so, rather than "strong keep". Imaginatorium (talk) 14:03, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete- I can't explain better than the nominator: "the author merely took a directional adjective and made it into an official place." Reyk YO! 14:43, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * OMG! Geographic places are not officially defined and it is term for usage only. We have more than enough evidence for the usage.  The second reference is clarifying it with more scientific ways.  If you want to enforce your own ideas as a organized user group, instead of the usage, it is up to you to decide. :) Shevonsilva (talk) 17:15, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Why have you posted the same comment twice? I can't really understand what you are saying, but it certainly makes no sense. To make a WP article requires the topic to be notable: if it is a geographic designation it has to be a clearly agreed area. Of course you can find people saying "The eastern/western/northern/southern islands in the group are [ whatever ]" for more or less any group of islands. This does not make the expressions the basis for an article. Imaginatorium (talk) 17:35, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islands-related deletion discussions.   C Thomas3   (talk) 19:02, 29 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. While some islands are by definition farther north or farther south than others, there is no distinct place named "Southern Islands" in the CNMI. There is no information about such a place not more fully addressed in the existing Northern Mariana Islands article. bd2412  T 20:52, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
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