Wikipedia

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Libano-Arisai Wildlife Management Area

< Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
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 delete. Black Kite (talk) 14:58, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Libano-Arisai Wildlife Management Area

edit
Libano-Arisai Wildlife Management Area (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • Stats)
(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Notability not established and cannot find any substantial coverage. It is not mentioned in (Shearman 2008), which includes a list of PNG's WMA's. The name is listed in a couple of documents, sometimes described as "proposed", but nothing more. Current stub doesn't clarify anything (location, size, whether it was gazetted) and does not meet Wiki standards being unreferenced, POV, uncategorised, etc. ELEKHHT 06:55, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 02:39, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep source http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/new_guinea_forests/news_new_guinea_forests/?84160/New-protected-areas-for-Papua-New-Guinea clearly describes project which seems notable--Kieranian2001 (talk) 12:34, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - This topic passes WP:GNG:
  • News sources
  • UNESCO sources
  • A UNESCO .doc paper only viewable after downloading it – www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=nom%20du%20bien%20%3A%20kikori%20river%20basin%20%2F%20great%20papuan%20plateau&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fpg.cfm%3Fcid%3D326%26l%3Dfr%26%26state%3Dpg%26action%3Dbrief%26order%3Dregion&ei=IbpBUPDkJsisiALwkIH4BA&usg=AFQjCNG7PPaWONFmowek15Krs28Vaei5CA
  • Additional articles about plant and animal species, protected species and indigenous peoples within these areas: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].
—Northamerica1000(talk) 07:14, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm, what's the point of dropping here so many links, none of which does actually prove the existence of a WMA named "Libano-Arisai" ? Only two of your links actually mention something similar, namely a short listing of a "Libano WMA (8,250 ha)" according to UNESCO, and "Arisai (4,661ha)" by WWF 2006. Still completely unclear what we are dealing with, one or two WMAs, exact location, status, etc. --ELEKHHT 08:06, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's no such place titled "Libano-Arisai Wildlife Management Area". Apparently the creator of this article devised this title. Look closer at the sources, and notice how the first source specifically use the names Libano and Sulamesi, both of which are in the Mount Bosavi region. The second source includes information about the general Mount Bosavi region, including Sulamesi. Both of the UNESCO sources use both names (Libano and Sulamesi). It's quite likely that more sources are available, which take time to locate. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:17, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Here's some more sources:
—Northamerica1000(talk) 08:22, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius (have a chat) 07:45, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - The fundamental problem we face is one of verifiability which I do not see as being met by any of the sources. At this point, we cannot even confirm this WMA exists, and none of the sources support this specific WMA as existing. As for a merge, I fail to see a need for merge. Northamerica1000 can add the material directly to Mount Bosavi without need of a merge. -- Whpq (talk) 17:02, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Do no merge. I agree with Whpq above with verifiability, particularly with the issues raised above with regard to the name of the protected area. I too have doubt that the article name is the actual name of the protected area. It would be inappropriate to merge the protected area article with the mountain article; the protected areas should have their own article. Until more certainty is developed about the WMAs, particularly until we are sure they have been established, their proposal should only be mentioned in the mountain article. I think both these issues may be an issue related to this being a wildlife management area (as opposed to a national park or other more significant protect area) in a developing nation. I wrote stub articles on all the WMAs of Idaho and had difficulty doing so because of the lack of information about protected areas that are not of that great of national importance or recognition. Seeing this, you could understand why it is so difficult to find info on a WMA in Papua New Guinea. Also, what is the date of the most recent reference? Fredlyfish4 (talk) 00:53, 16 September 2012 (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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Libano-Arisai_Wildlife_Management_Area&oldid=1088293758"