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The result was delete. Consensus is for deletion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:08, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zidm[edit]

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Fails WP:V, GNG, GEOLAND. Pin points to barren area of hilly terrain. No reference to the ruined village of Zidm could I find that doesn't derive from WP. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:26, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Arab Emirates-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:49, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:49, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• This implies that zidm is actually Arabic for ruin. In which case, this may be a misunderstanding. SpinningSpark 13:33, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• There is this page, but it appears to be based on the same dodgy US intelligence agency database as the source in the article. SpinningSpark 13:40, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Absolutely - based on same source, which was itself based on the TOS survey of 1959. A bunch of wee Brits in short trousers with clipboards wandering around the countryside asking passing locals, 'What's this?' 'Oh, this? It's just a ruin.' 'So what do you call it?' *funny look* 'Ruin'... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:45, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Alexandermcnabb: Do you mind adding this info to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Hundreds_of_garbage_articles_created_by_blocked_user? People are wondering why John Carter added these stubs... WhisperToMe (talk) 23:56, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @WhisperToMe: Done! :) Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 04:45, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. SpinningSpark 11:50, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, fails WP:V. Sam Sailor 09:48, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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