Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2019 September 24

= September 24 =

Lalgarh Jattan check
Is the village "Lalgarh Jattan" legally recognized? I don't know how to check. Thanks! NightlyHelper (talk) 14:51, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * From the village's website: Lalgarh jattan is a big and well developed village. It comes under district Sriganganagar and state Rajasthan. And its neighbour district is Hanumangarh. It set to become a city now. The population of this village is Highest in the whole district (sriganganagar). See more in the Wikipedia article. DroneB (talk) 15:33, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Now I am curious about the OP's concept "legally recognised"? What causes a village to not be a recognised one in India? No town hall? Not enough people in it? Boundary is within the boundaries of another village or city? --Lgriot (talk) 13:13, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This came from one of the notability guidelines - WP:GEOLAND  Oxon Alex    - talk  15:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've always presumed in these cases that "legally recognized" means that a government entity (national or state, etc.) has given defined borders and named the locality. This can include municipal incorporation where that is a concept, but there are other defined but unincorporated places which would still meet the definition.  It's a way to decide if it's worth looking to make an article about the place, that is if it is likely there will exist reliable sources to actually write the article from.  That doesn't mean that there will be, it only means that it's a good test to decide to start looking for sources.  The main reason to write an article is that sources exist.  If they don't, there's no way to create verifiable text for an article, so why write it?  -- Jayron 32 12:24, 27 September 2019 (UTC)