Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gurgty

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The result of the debate was DELETE

[edit] Gurgty, Malaty, Otloy, Chinyik (Yuit confirmed)

Delete.I've never heard of such native people of northern Siberia. Created by anon. Mikkalai 16:29, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

WARNING: When checking by google, please keep in mind that this info diffused from wikipedia all over the net. Mikkalai 02:55, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • The Yuit, at least, are real (see [1], among others). I didn't find any non-Wiki references to the others (although "Malaty" is a widely-used string). Vote keep on Yuit, not sure yet about the others. DS 20:56, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • I understand that this is a pretty obscure topic and hardly we can find experts quickly in wikipedia (otherwise the Northern indigenous peoples of Russia article wouldn't be in a so sorry state), but I am with all my reluctance applying the verifiability criterion here. Tonight I will try to search thru all possible (mis)spellings in Eng and Ru laguages. I don't exclude the possibility that I am wrong. Mikkalai 22:08, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, article(s) does no establish notability. Megan1967 23:23, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • You may want to pick another reason. If the people do exist after all, notability issue is out of question. Mikkalai 00:23, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: Good luck Mikkalai. Kappa 01:07, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep the Yuit. Keep the Malaty as Columbia's article on the Sakha mentions them as an indigenous tribe of hunter-gatherers. [2] Our article on the Nenets people mentions the Otloy. As that is taken from the 1911 Britannica, I would vote Keep for them as well. I can't find anything on the Gurgty so I will abstain on that vote. Capitalistroadster 09:27, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Your "Columbia" link is a wikipedia mirror. Kappa 09:44, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • You're right it is. Apologies. Abstain on the Malaty. Capitalistroadster 12:57, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • And the Otloy was not in EB1911. Someone added it later, an I deleted it yesterday as unverified. If the issue clarifies, I will gladly add it back. Mikkalai 00:45, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Yuit is confirmed and redirected where it belongs. Mikkalai 00:47, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It is quite possible that the author acted in good faith an entered the names of tribes he read in some obscure book. At least the Yuit case speaks in his/her favor. But anfortunately he was anonynous, and without further reference... Mikkalai 02:48, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • This link may provide some help: [3] -- Hedley 20:32, 20 Feb 2005

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