Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wai (Indian city)

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The result of the debate was withdrawn. Luigi30 (Ταλκ) 02:44, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wai (Indian city)

Non-notable Indian city, which probably doesn't exist. Google shows no related articles, none even close. The article shows that it has a temple of Ganesh located there which probably every Indian city/village/town has. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 09:55, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I am withdrawing my nomination. It turns out that it does exist. I have expanded the article, adding info mostly on a major stampede which occurred there from external sources and moved it to Wai (Indian city). But after more research, I found that another article exists called Wai, Maharashtra. Please indicate which is a more appropriate name. Thank you.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 16:09, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

The first one is more appropriate. Wai, Mah. should be a redirect. =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:05, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I'd go with Wai, Maharashtra as the article name. At least in Category:Cities and towns in Maharashtra, there are no other articles that disambiguate with "(Indian city)" - and adding the state/province/county/whatever name is a pretty common way, natural way to disambiguate town names. CDC (talk) 18:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Weak keep I'm assuming this is Vai Phawadi and have added the limited info available. However it might be somewhere else entirely or even nowhere - so can someone who knows India comment? Dlyons493 Talk 11:58, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Abstain: I am not aware of the place. In case, someone has any idea, please tell something. Thanks. --Bhadani 12:56, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep if Dlyons493's identification is accurate: long-standing precedent is that all verifiable settlements get articles. But I concur, we need expert attention drawn here; for example, is Vai Phawadi usually referred to simply as Vai? If not, this is not the correct title and the article needs moving. (Has anyone contacted the article's author to ask for clarification?) — Haeleth Talk 16:55, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and rename as Vai Phawadi although the only verifiability from Google is a list of STD codes [1]

It seems to be too small to be called a city based on this. I will add a note to the Indian noticeboard to get some local knowledge. Capitalistroadster 18:01, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep --- geographic locales are notable. If I'm not mistaken the place is spelled as Wai and was the scence of a massive stampede earlier this year. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:26, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Nichalp. --Pamri • Talk 16:30, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Population given as 31,000 . Source mpcb.mah.nic.in/muncipal/regionalofficepune.php via google. Jameswilson 01:42, 6 December 2005 (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.