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 no consensus. Sandstein 10:12, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mbasakana[edit]

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Too short, merge into List of islands of Solomon Islands. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 08:35, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:22, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest we have an article on Malu'u, a village on the coast nearby and mention the island in that, I couldn't find anything on the island.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:41, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as per WP:NGEO - "Legally recognized, populated places are presumed to be notable." I'm basing my belief it is populated on using googlemaps to see houses on the island, not fussed to be proven wrong on that. "Too short" doesn't seem like a great rationale for deletion to me, although I would note the second ref appears to locate the place wrongly. If merging I would suggest merge to Malaita Province.Mujinga (talk) 18:42, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:15, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Malu'u. I've created an article on the village nearby. This small island only has a line of info available for it in google books, what we have is written in that article. I strongly suggest redirecting now Mujinga.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:55, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It's been written about in Lonely Planet and a couple other books per a simple Google search. English sources aren't easy to come by, but it's clearly an island on which people live and we do function as a gazetteer. SportingFlyer T·C 09:37, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. No good reason given for deletion. Stubs are perfectly acceptable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:13, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  What about the first point of WP:WHYN? “If only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject, that subject does not qualify for a separate page, but should instead be merged into an article about a larger topic or relevant list.” 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:03, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Never actually seen that at a deletion discussion before, but we tend to keep stubs of geographic places, especially considering this one could be expanded a bit even though online sources are sparse. SportingFlyer T·C 00:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  And how do you know that "only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject"? Not yet having been written does not equate to cannot be written, although that does seem to be a common misconception. Wikipedia is a work in progress. That's why stubs are valid. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:45, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm one of the most enthusiastic editors here with regard to making this cover the world in as much detail as possible but even I think it makes most sense to mention this tiny island in the nearby village article. If at some point sources become available for it, then write an article on it. 11 years and there is still nothing about it, there is no issue with redirecting it to the bottom of Malu'u. We're ultimately trying to build the highest quality encyclopedia and convey information in the best way possible.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:51, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, Article is short and needs more information but still satisfies WP:NGEO. Alex-h (talk) 10:03, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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