Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Upper North Province


 * 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. J04n(talk page) 11:44, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Upper North Province

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Province no longer exists, was the product of a short-lived attempt of decentralization. Name of page is very general, and is not notable. - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:10, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related pages because they are the other six provinces in question:
 * - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - ℤiαηsh  ✍  16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep - Wikipedia is (rightfully) ultra-inclusive about populated places. This is the sort of material which not only should be in a comprehensive encyclopedia, but the sort of material which must be included universally and systematically. The fact that this short-lived province of the Maldives no longer exists is neither here nor there — it is a territorial unit which did formerly exist. The fact that the search name is ambiguous is a minor editing matter. Just change the name to Upper North Province (Maldives), QED. HERE'S a pdf of a Maldive government map showing the location of the province, less there be any mistake that this was a very important territorial unit. Carrite (talk) 16:28, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maldives-related deletion discussions.  czar   &middot;   &middot;  16:53, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions.  czar   &middot;   &middot;  16:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep per Carrite, disambiguate the title if necessary. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:45, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Carrite has analyzed the matter well, and I agree with him. The fact that these provinces no longer exist is not a reason go delete. Notability is not temporary.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  22:05, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep, possibly move to Upper North Province, Maldives (along with Upper Central/South Province) for consistency and disambiguation if needed (it's 4 in the morning, say what you will, so I'm too tired to check if there is a need). Ansh666 11:22, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per Carrite. — Joaquin008  ( talk ) 14:30, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is not temporary. They were provinces of a sovereign country. Generally all populated places come and gone are considered notable. Mkdw talk 06:56, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
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