Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garachop

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. Walton^One 19:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Garachop

Probable hoax - place doesn't appear on Google maps, for instance, and no relevant Google hits. Oli Filth 18:31, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete, page makes no sense, per WP:CSD#G1, tagged. Nenyedi • ^{(Deeds•Talk)} 18:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete - appears to be a hoax, I have found no info on this whatsoever Shruti14 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It appears to be a real place. Please see: [1]. Apparently, they make carpets there. That said, it's still probably a candidate for speedy deletion unless the author reworks the page. bfigura ^(talk) 19:01, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree it was worth checking out rather than simply assuming hoax because it doesn't immediately Google. However, this article appears to be conflating two different places. Google finds Iormuganlo - more commonly spelt Iormughanlo, Sagarejo region exists as stated in eastern Georgia. Garachop, however, is somewhere in the oilfields of Turkmenistan, on the other side of the Caspian Sea. Gordonofcartoon 19:10, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - lacks non-trivial media coverage Addhoc 19:56, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and Rename "Iormuganlo" - This is a strange one. The Georgia region "Iormuganlo" actually does exist [2][3]. Why this article is listed under an "unofficial" name is beyond me. But it is a real place. --Oakshade 22:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The article asserts that Garachop is famous for its contribution to Nagorno Karabakh war with Armenia, though that seems to be a well-kept secret. I note that there's no link to any other Wikipedia. Maybe the author can write about Iormuganlo. Mandsford 00:12, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Lormuganlo also lacks non-trivial media coverage. Addhoc 11:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Iormughanlo is a real place (and the satellite photo shows a mid-size village of probably 1000-2000 people) and there are some results for Iormughanlo ("i", not "l") and Iormuganlo. However, I can find no source to confirm the existence of Garachop district in Georgia. — Black Falcon ^(Talk) 17:10, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I have created a new article about the village of Iormughanlo using a few online sources I could find via Google. I expect that there are also local news sources about the village and there may even be online sources that I missed. Since Garachop is the name of a gas deposit in Turkmenistan, I still think that this article should be deleted without redirecting. — Black Falcon ^(Talk) 18:09, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Further searching only seems to confirm that there is little or no connection between Garachop and Iormughanlo. The closest connection I could find is this: Garachop seems to refer to an Azerbaijani carpet style (see link) and Iormughanlo is located near the Georgian-Azerbaijani border and is populated by ethnic Azeris. — Black Falcon ^(Talk) 18:41, 22 August 2007 (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.