Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damadem

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 delete. Notability of small places aside, the simple existence of this one cannot be reliably demonstrated, making this a particularly egregious failure of WP:V. ~ mazca ^talk 18:06, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Damadem

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Can't find any indication that this village exists, under the spelling Damadem, Damadam, Damedem, or Damedam. Checked the official Census search for all spellings, as well as the unofficial Census list.

Google Maps, although not always an RS, does not list any similarly-named locations in the area. As far as I can tell, there isn't a list of villages in Goa on the website for the state, and the Bardez district doesn't have a website.

The coordinates are completely unsourced, no clue where they came from.

Long story short, the whole thing fails WP:V and therefore can't be kept. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:43, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I've never heard of one village being inside another (Tivim, which doesn't mention Damadem). Looks like the work of vandals, damn a 'dem. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. ^{cinco de}L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 00:43, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. ^{cinco de}L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 00:43, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom and Clarity ^{cinco de}L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 00:44, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep noted in several sources amd Gazaetteers as well as being mentioned in news accounts such as here. FloridaArmy (talk) 01:29, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

FloridaArmy, I'll suggest the same thing that everyone always suggests to you in every single AfD you participate in: please actually provide the "several" sources that you allege exist. Specifically, which official gazetteers mention Damadem as a populated place? Considering the official census of India fails to include it, I'd be interested to see which ones actually do. Also, I'll note that that news article you linked never mentions what Damadem is - all it says is that the arrested man lives at "Damadem, Thivim", which for all we know could mean it's the name of a very charming apartment block. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 03:47, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete--Checked the district-census-handbook and that doesn't mention it.Period.~ Winged Blades^Godric 08:18, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
My best guess is that in a village as large as Tivim (1937 hectares), the locals might have allotted different local names to different areas.Damadem is one such sub-area.But, that doesn't pass NGEO and by a mile.~ Winged Blades^Godric 08:18, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
delete as just flat-out untrue. The coords point to a suburban neighborhood which isn't especially distinguishable from other parts of Tivim, and there is no St. Christopher's church there (there are two churches close by with other dedications). There is a St. Christopher's Tivim but it's in a different neighborhood. I'm having a hard time even with the word "village". I'll let others speak to the lack of official notice, but my problem is that this is failing the "it's not verifiable if it isn't true" test in a big way. Mangoe (talk) 12:01, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This can be closed as WP:SNOW. This obviously fails WP:GNG --Clean-up-wiki-guy (talk) 21:24, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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