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The result was delete. Dennis - 2¢ 16:24, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bagla[edit]

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Not-really-sourced stub which admits that the place probably doesn't exist and speculates as to why. The only source doesn't give a location, which other than the name would appear to be the only factual claim. I have to assume that this was dumped in from some sort of geographical database, but as we know from experience, these aren't good enough as sole sources; really there is no proof that this name is valid. Mangoe (talk) 13:50, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Azerbaijan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:55, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, sourced, the place may no longer exist, but notability encompasses its entire history. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:09, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't have a history, at least not in our article. Mangoe (talk) 20:34, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete.~~Comment~~ It will take me some time to look into the details of this Afd, but I wanted to note that I agree about the speculation; the second sentence ("It is suspected...") constitutes original research. I've removed it. --Larry/Traveling_Man (talk) 19:20, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When I use GEOnet search[1] on Bagla, it comes back with this match: "Bagla (Unverified - D)". If this means what I think it means, then Bagla may or may not have ever existed. That isn't good enough for notability. --Larry/Traveling_Man (talk) 19:58, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete- I PRODed this article earlier because I could not verify that Bagla ever existed, under any name. There were no sources to be found anywhere. Out of curiosity I put its alleged latitude and longitude into google satellite view, to see if they matched a populated place, and it turned out to be a place on the outskirts of Ərkivan village; Google maps does not have an individual name for it. It cannot even be reliably verified that this place ever existed. Reyk _YO! 03:35, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I've given my rationale in a very similar case at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gasaneri (2nd nomination). Deor (talk) 15:39, 23 October 2014 (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.