Talk:Bilanga Department

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[edit] Notability and refs tag

Has a ref, is a second level administrative unit of Burkina Faso. Take a look again at the notability guidelines. T L Miles (talk) 02:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Excuse my blindness and point me to the specific guideline you are referring to... WP:NOTE states: "The common theme in the notability guidelines is the requirement for verifiable objective evidence to support a claim of notability." I see no exception for second level administrative units of Burkina Faso. Wikipedia:Notability (Places and transportation) is still a proposal, and regardless does not address administrative units. Wikipedia:Notability (geography) is an essay at this point, and does discuss the idea that if you can provide sources, legally recognized places exist. Please note that only guidelines represent consensus.

Now, I do not doubt that this or any other second-level administrative department of Burkina Faso exists and I am not suggesting the article be deleted... I imagine it probably is notable and probably has reliable information out there about it. The problem is that the article does not cite any evidence of notability and any reliable sources, so I tagged to alert readers and editors of that.--Marcinjeske (talk) 21:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Whatever. There are 87,000+ people who live there according to the government of Burkina Faso. If you'd like to substantially challenge its notability, go right ahead, and then you can go back to writing about something important like Max Headroom (TV series). I am removing the ref tag, as the references section has a ref which lists all the villages and population. If you'd like to improve the article, be my guest, but I'm taking it off my watchlist. Enjoy. T L Miles (talk) 00:35, 3 May 2008 (UTC)