Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Narova

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. --Coredesat 04:04, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Narova

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Looks to be a hoax, Google Scholar, Books and web searches all give replies only about Narva and Narva River (old name Narova). -- Sander Säde 18:04, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

• Comment The first hit on your web search looks credible: "These Finno-Ugric tribes are identified as the Chud, Ves, Meria, Muroma, Cheremysy, Mordva, Perm, Pechera, Yam, Zymyhola, Kors, Narova, and Lib." Not a reliable source however, esp when it's the only one. I think that filtering for the river removes practically every eventual sources (of which probably few are online), as they lived by it (and likely gave their name to it or vice versa). I would ask for an expert opinion. I've also notifyed wikiprojects estonia and anthropology --victor falk 23:27, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

First match is a forum post - and search without -river gives either Wikipedia mirrors or info about the Narva river. There is a Hungarian .doc that might mention Narova people (a narova). If sources are found about the people, then the article should be kept. Perhaps it is once again a bad translation, maybe the author meant Votes, who live indeed east of Narva river and are close to extinction? See also the article about Ingria. -- Sander Säde 03:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

• Comment The creator is an active editor, has (s)he been notified? In this state it looks like an unsourced stub. With so little references it is likely to be non-notable anyway. But I think the author should express his/her concerns.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexia Death (talk • contribs) 07:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, he has been notified, [1]. However, that author seems to be a bit... dubious, perhaps, see User talk:Olgerd#October 2007 and his other article is prodded for deletion as well. And this is perhaps a bit of my paranoia, but all Bloomfield sockpuppets have just the username on user page - and see User:Olgerd. -- Sander Säde 08:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. I've ckecked my paper sources and found nothing, online hits seem to be Wikipedia mirrors of this article when the river is subtracted from the search term. Martintg 23:37, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - very probable hoax (better safe than sorry). Renata 00:06, 1 November 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.