Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faggo

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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. Non-admin closure.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 22:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Faggo

Fails the notability guideline. We can't have an article on every town in Nigeria. a little insignificant 20:40, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As long as it's a real place, what have you got against Nigeria? General announcement (talk) 20:51, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have anything against Nigeria, the article just didn't seem to meet the notability requirements. I'm not intricately familiar with the geography guideline, though, so there's an excellent chance I'm mistaken. a little insignificant 20:56, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Places are notable--per consensus anyway, if not per guideline. (Where is the guideline when you need it?) Nom, like many geography articles, it's a stub and might be one for a long time. Drmies (talk) 21:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Places form the backbone of Wikipedia, they are by nature inherently notable. -Marcusmax(speak) 21:05, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thanks for enlightening me on this point. Nomination withdrawn. a little insignificant 21:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
commentjust as a fyi for Drmies there was an initiation to make this a guideline just no recent consensus was achieved at Wikipedia:Notability (Geographic locations) Ottawa4ever (talk) 21:11, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The "guideline" is actually one of the five pillars: Wikipedia is a gazetteer, among its other functions, and has lots of articles on really really tiny places. (This Polish town is my favourite. It has a population of 54.) It's established custom and practice that articles about verifiable geographic locations are notable.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 21:13, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- S Marshall, you are a fount of knowledge, and thanks to you I learned a new word in this strange language of yours: "gazetteer." Ha! Ottawa4ever, thanks to you also for the link. S Marshall, feel like performing a speedy keep here? Ta! Drmies (talk) 21:37, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- - Thank you all, and sorry for the trouble. a little insignificant 21:45, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.