Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Barðaströnd

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The result of the debate was KEEP: unanimously apart from nominator. -Splash 23:40, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Barðaströnd

Not sure what the historical significance is, perhaps this place is mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas but that's not explained here. Google search produced little info in English or in Icelandic. I suggest deletion unless someone can write a real article about this place. Gsd97jks 02:04, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete: "The I Ching is a book." What more need be explained? -- CABHAN TALK CONTRIBS 02:07, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, real place. Kappa 03:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, apparently all real places are notable now. --malathion ^talk 04:53, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
  • I always lent to that school of thought, but is it policy/guideline/etc? brenneman^(t)(c) 05:33, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
    • No. And when push comes to shove even those who vote "Keep all X", for various values of X, turn out in fact to have notability criteria. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Danmark (island) for an example of "keep all real places" voters voting to delete an article on a real place. The decision on whether to keep an article on a place in practice has always depended from more than whether the place is merely real. Uncle G 09:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• The article as created told us no more, and in fact somewhat less, than the redlink that stood in History of Iceland. I've supplied some context for the claim of historical significance and some links to pictures and maps. My translation is unsatisfactory, however. Weak keep. Uncle G 09:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Thank you Uncle G for supplying more information. However, I've corrected the tourist attraction link - actually those attractions are within an hour or two of this place, not in it. I'll try to find more info about this place and flesh out the article a bit... I may even have a photo having just been near there... but still, I'm not sure this valley is worth an entry when most of the towns around here, and the whole Vestfirðir region, aren't in Wikipedia yet. Gsd97jks 13:28, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
  • How would removing this entry benefit wikipedia? Kappa 13:39, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep- I do agree with comments of Uncle G and others. Further, absence of articles on related places of more significance, in my opinion, should not be a ground for a delete. I do believe those places would also get at least a stub soon.--Bhadani 16:22, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, now that it's been expanded to a stub. - Mustafaa 17:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep perfectly legitimate article. PatGallacher 18:08, 2005 July 16 (UTC)
• Keep. Place of historic interest in Iceland. Thanks for the rewrite Uncle G. Capitalistroadster 18:11, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Yes it's an actual place, although it's not an valley like stated in the article but a coast, strönd means coast. --Bjarki 00:08, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
  • I said that my translation was unsatisfactory. ☺ Uncle G 01:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Good work on this, and it's certainly a valid topic for an article. — Trilobite (Talk) 15:33, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep: Now that it's been expanded, I think that it deserves a chance. -- CABHAN TALK CONTRIBS 19:07, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Pavel Vozenilek 02:10, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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