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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 16:35, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Warsangali Sultanate (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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This was brought to my attention on my talk page. I can't find any mention of this sultanate in the sources used, even the quotation from Lewis doesn't mention it. It doesn't appear to be used in reliable sources before 2004[1]. I can find a mention of a Warsangali Sultanate here[2] but it's a 13th century one, so clearly not this one. Doug Weller talk 14:37, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - This appears to be a case of both original research and CIRCULAR. Prior to creation of article on Wikipedia (9 Oct 2004), there is very little mention of this 'sultanate' anywhere, Google returns nothing [3], neither does Google Books [4] nor Scholar [5]. Additionally, much of the content of the original article created in 2004 [6] was taken verbatim from a self-published site (Warsangali.org) [7]. Lack of reliable sources published prior to Wikipedia article creation for this supposed real-world kingdom is a red flag. --Kzl55 (talk) 15:13, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:49, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Draftify Contains some good content, but appears to be questionable original research research. I'd recommend starting over and seeing if it can be rewritten. Ambrosiawater (talk) 20:11, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Per above, the sources on this are sparse, and what's written in the article mentions a clan and not a kingdom so it is better suited for Warsangali instead. As it stands, this bears all the hallmarks of original research given the lack of reliable sources.Kangdomkome (talk) 04:57, 14 January 2020 (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.