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. Consensus is delete by strength of argument. The only source presented is not reliable, and whether it is of any use for the current topic is shaky. If this is truly an actual settlement verifiable by reliable sources, an article of equal length could be built with little additional volunteer effort. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:20, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Uskut, Kashmir[edit]

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WP:HOAX. The already dubious references cited in the article do not mention the supposed village at all, nor am I able to find a single source/RS which even mentions it. The statement "It is unknown if Uskut is now under Pakistani administration. The Delhi based SIA conducted raids on Uskut and Uri because both of the villages were under militant control." is also a blatant hoax by the creator of this article, who has already created hoax articles on other wikis (e.g. simplewiki). Gotitbro (talk) 10:37, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: India and Jammu and Kashmir. Gotitbro (talk) 10:37, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Wareon (talk) 16:59, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:57, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree - The source indicates that there is a village across the LoC which is called Uskut. Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 13:30, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The only source in the article now is this dubious one and nowhere is Uskut mentioned there. If this village existed there would be census or geographical records of it, none exist. Gotitbro (talk) 22:05, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article mentions Ushkur, the ancient Buddhist site near the village. Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 12:43, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you have not read it, it does not; and even if it did mention it (the ancient site), that will not prove the existence of this modern village. Besides it is a blog, i.e., not WP:RS and still not seeing a single census or geographical source for the existence of this village. Gotitbro (talk) 17:42, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved it to draft and will not be back into the main page unless more improvements on the article. Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 21:50, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:12, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note the article has been moved to Draft:Uskut, Kashmir during the AfD. Venkat TL (talk) 17:59, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the article back to main space. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:50, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz why? Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 12:30, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Muhafiz-e-Pakistan first you should explain Why you moved it Special:Diff/1108615873/1110150191. Liz has given the reason in edit summary Special:Diff/1110150311/1110874672. Venkat TL (talk) 13:45, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, sorry I didn't know, I thought you can move it. Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 13:49, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Venkat TL Also I wrote, "Nominated for Deletion". Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 13:49, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Muhafiz-e-Pakistan read Wikipedia:Guide to deletion and focus on fixing the problems pointed above. If you want it to be draftified, make a comment here with reason. An admin will move it if you have a convincing reason. Dont move it yourself. Venkat TL (talk) 14:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Venkat TL I did, see above. Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 14:06, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:10, 19 September 2022 (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.