Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North Maharashtra

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 no consensus. Whether to merge and/or redirect can be discussed on the article talk page and does not require an AfD. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 04:36, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Article for this Northern region in the state of Maharashtra already exists at Khandesh. This article was created by a persistent sockmaster. An administrative division covering the same general area is also named North Maharashtra, but this would mean a simple redirect from North Maharashtra to "Khandesh". I would say that some content be merged and finally redirect to Khandesh. Thanks. GreaterPonce665 ^(TALK) 20:18, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. GreaterPonce665 ^(TALK) 20:18, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:30, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. @GreaterPonce665: I think you are not getting any responses here because the sources seem to support the article content. Is there anyway that you could demonstrate your line of thinking with some evidence or a refutation of this article's evidence? Not being a geography buff of this part of the world, it might helpful if you were to analyze what's wrong with the sources in this article and why the other naming system if preferable. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:30, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@4meter4: Thanks for the comment. The issue is not that the sources are poor or that the topic is not notable. There's already an article about the topic, albeit with traditional name. The north-west region in Maharashtra state in India is traditionally known as Khandesh and there is already a pretty good article on the topic. In recent years, the state government has named regions by their location, i.e. they started designating Khandesh as North Maharashtra administrative region. This, however, means that "North Maharashtra" should be a simple redirect to "Khandesh" (or merge if people prefer that). Additionally, this article was created by an incompetent but persistent sock and thus should be removed per WP:BMB anyway. I hope this explains my reasoning behind listing this page. GreaterPonce665 ^(TALK) 22:40, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Do you have a source with both names in it together, proving they are the same? Or two sources with a map showing us? I do totally believe you, but it would be easier to comment having the evidence in front of me rather than having to try and confirm what you are saying by hunting around for sources. That way it's an easy clear cut call to redirect. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:50, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @4meter4:, Here the first line of research article states that "The North Maharashtra region comprises three districts, namely Jalgaon, Dhule, and Nandurbar". In pre-independence British-era, these three districts were part of the Khandesh district; this page states that "[Khandesh district] included the present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts...". Additional info here. Hope this answers the question about those regions being one and the same. GreaterPonce665 ^(TALK) 14:29, 28 March 2021 (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.