Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agbau, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 23:47, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agbau, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Article is sourced only to the GEONAMES database which is insufficient to establish either GNG or legal recognition as required by WP:GEOLAND. "Keep" !voters in the recent AfD failed to demonstrate that the article meets either of these WP:GEOLAND criteria; "GEOnet Names Server is back up, and confirms that this is a populated place." and "Appears to be an actual, legally recognized community, thus meeting GEOLAND" (asserting that the US Geonames database somehow confers legal recognition for a place in the Congo) are misinterpretations of WP:GEOLAND that should have been thrown out, and one of the ~~two~~ "comments" makes the same error. The guideline has never stated that all settlements are notable or that simply demonstrating the existence of a place is sufficient. –dlthewave ☎ 22:16, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 22:16, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 22:16, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- Not even close to meeting requirements. Super (talk) 06:03, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The Journal Officiel du Zaire affirmed this was a place where a person was born (I object to the characterization of BP's well-said comment into the original AfD), but being a place with a name does not grant notability. There's basically no coverage in the sources other than that, and I can't see how this is a place of any significance. -Indy beetle (talk) 13:08, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I must have misread BP's comment, I've struck that part of the statement. –dlthewave ☎ 13:39, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:GNG. Avilich (talk) 19:56, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete can’t find anything that suggests notability --Devokewater ^(talk) 11:35, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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