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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 00:50, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
Sahaqurun
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Another Somali supposed town sourced only to a UN OCHA document which is no longer accessible. Trying all variants of the name produces nothing of substance and no geonames hits except for some not-very-close names, none of which are towns anyway. Mangoe ( talk) 11:24, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- Delete. This looks suspiciously like a hoax to me. I can't find any mention of it anywhere on the internet, barring mirror Wikipedia sites. I've tried searching UN documents - again, no luck. It beggars belief that there are no accessible references anywhere to it. At the very best, this article should be deleted anyway due to lacking any form of notability whatsoever. However, a hoax appears to be much more likely. In either case, deletion is the appropriate response. FirefoxLSD ( talk) 14:33, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. MT Train Talk 18:20, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. MT Train Talk 18:20, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- Comment Using ProQuest I identified a reliable source confirming the existence of this town: a BBC article from July 16, 2002, entitled "Somalia: Four people said killed in clan fighting in central region". It states that "Reports from Mudug Region [in central Somalia] say that two rival clans have clashed at Sahaqurun, west of Gaalkacyo [Galcaio] town", proving that this article is not a hoax insofar as it is about a real place. Not sure about some of the other stuff in the article now, or whether this source establishes notability for this topic. Every morning (there's a halo...) 23:14, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- That quote doesn't confirm the existence of the town. At best it confirms that Sahaqurun is a place in Somalia, it doesn't say it's a town. It could be some other kind of place instead. Hut 8.5 17:34, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
- Delete we can't have an article on a town without at least one reliable source confirming that it is in fact a town per WP:V. Per WP:NGEO if it isn't a town (or a few other narrowly defined categories) then we need significant coverage to establish notability. We don't have either. Hut 8.5 17:34, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
- delete Not There. L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 21:19, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
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