Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hala, Sindh

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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. The Interior (Talk) 08:00, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hala, Sindh

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As seen in the previous version of the article (which I have removed on grounds of not being notable enough to be added and not being consistent with Wikipedia quality), there is nothing very notable about this town, except that it exists. My opinion stands to expand the article enough to give some reason for it being notable, or to delete this article until such details can be established, after which we can always re-create the article TheOriginalSoni (talk) 15:34, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:24, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, as we do standardly with verifiably inhabited places. Mind you, it would have helped if the right geographical coordinates had been in the article - I've now corrected this. PWilkinson (talk) 21:20, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is a town with a larger population than, say, Oxford, Cairns or Eugene, Oregon. A ridiculous nomination. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:23, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone show me the actual rules regarding places and their notablity? I seem to be having quite a problem getting hang of the full rules when it comes to things like verifiablity and notablity of articles. I withdraw my nomination seeing the consensus of the community based on how this AfD is going. Thanks TheOriginalSoni (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:43, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - It's a verified settlement and it appears to be a very significant one. [1]. There is no such thing as an unnotable town. Anywhere in the world there is a presumption of sources, whether they be government, historic, periodical or any other format as it's impossible for a settlement to exist without them. WP:OUTCOMES gives an indication on settlements. This is the 2nd largest city I've ever seen put up for AfD. The first largest was AfD'd by the same nom - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Hakeem, Pakistan. There, after all the editors explained that settlements are considered inherently notable in various ways, the nom User:TheOriginalSoni stated "I believe the consensus of the community is clear on this issue. I therefore withdraw my nomination." Despite that, for some reason that same user threw this city up for AfD. Due to that recent AfD, this one is looking pointy. --Oakshade (talk) 03:19, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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