Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mideast (United States)

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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. -Docg 17:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mideast (United States)

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Appears to be original research- the first line even says that it "is a new, yet still widely unknown geographical term." A quick Google search doesn't provide any reliable sources that support the existence of this region, or even provide a definition. Also, the only pages that link to the article are the Mideast disambig page, and Steel Valley (Ohio-Pennsylvania), which was created by the same user that created this page. Confiteordeo 12:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Comment- The linked paper doesn't talk about the region described by the article in question- it uses the term "Mideastern United States" to refer to New York City, Connecticut, and Delaware. To me, that seems to reinforce the OR claim about the article's content. Confiteordeo 22:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, there are some entities that use the term to describe regional breakdowns (e.g. an NCAA region, sales territories, etc.) but I can't find anything that really defines it as a region. I believe the term is, in fact, generally avoided because it generally means the Middle East. --Dhartung | Talk 07:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and wait This is an article about the geography of the Mideast United states area and some parts of Canada. If someone can find some references they should cite them in the article. Yes Mideast does get confused with "Middle east" reffering to the Arab lands. Possibly the name could be changed to "Mideastern (United States)". I'm not sure what this line is about "however, this portion of the Eastern Interior is usually considered too flat of land" What is that supposed to mean?Googler1117 15:41, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Comment- It's obvious that this article is about "the geography of the Mideast United states," but how does that prove that this term isn't original research? If it isn't used anywhere else, there are no references that support it, and there's no common definition of what makes up the "region," that's exactly what it is, and it should not be on Wikipedia. Confiteordeo 18:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. 'Mideast is a new, yet still widely unknown geographical term' is how the article opens. While that may be true, it clearly says not notable. The Mideast dab page can cover this for now. When there is more then one source we can reconsider the need for this article. Vegaswikian 23:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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.