Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wartaqooqan

Wartaqooqan

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Maybe this one is an intermittent lake? Geonames just calls it a locality, and nobody else disagrees, but again, if we can't say what kind of place it is, I don't see inherent notability: Geonames alone just isn't reliable enough. Mangoe (talk) 23:38, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2018 February 19. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Offline} 00:00, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:42, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:42, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's supposedly an unpopulated locality, I looked on google maps and the entire region is barren desertlike ground with no real features nearby other than this lake and an empty road that doesn't even get that near. It is possible it was at some point it was the centre of a community that has since been wiped out, stolen or moved somewhere else. It could plausibly be a nomadic town, which was camped somewhere else at the time of the photograph but may come back with the seasons. (an intermittent town?). It may be a governmental region or some kind of designation by whatever government Somalia has now (assuming it has one) or a designation used by a previous government or maybe a local warlord, or the name of an African tribe that used to live there, or their tribal lands. Or the name of a deity that is supposed to live there. But really who knows? It could be anything. I am pretty sure a UFO landing site could get into these databases. Prince of Thieves (talk) 13:13, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As I have stated before, as this place exists, hence it should be kept. The problem the nominator seems to have is that it is not defined. However this dilemma is a combination of the weakness of the Somali government, as well as a fear by organizations that could have mapped these areas to go near to them. Admittedly there is a dearth of information, due to stubborn facts on the ground. However this reality should not make us resort to nuking mention of these areas. This part of the world is already lacking in info as it is. Why make it worse by deleting whats there? 92.9.152.17 (talk) 21:43, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]