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This is a collection of discussions on the deletion of articles related to Somalia. It is one of many deletion lists coordinated by WikiProject Deletion sorting. Anyone can help maintain the list on this page.

Adding a new AfD discussion

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2. You should also tag the AfD by adding {{subst:delsort|Somalia|~~~~}} to it, which will inform editors that it has been listed here. You may place this tag above or below the nomination statement or at the end of the discussion thread.

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Other types of discussions

You can also add and remove other discussions (prod, CfD, TfD etc.) related to Somalia. For the other XfD's, the process is the same as AfD (except {{Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName}} is used for MFD and {{transclude xfd}} for the rest). For PRODs, adding a link with {{prodded}} will suffice.

Further information

For further information see Wikipedia's deletion policy and WP:AfD for general information about Articles for Deletion, including a list of article deletions sorted by day of nomination.

This list is also part of the larger list of deletion debates related to Africa.

Archived discussions (starting from September 2007) may be found at:

• WikiProject Deletion sorting/Somalia/archive

Suad Abdi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Doesn't meet the criteria of WP:NPOL Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 00:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: what about the Guardian reference? --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 00:57, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment NPOL requires "significant" press coverage. Just one reference isn't enough for "significant." The Guardian is a reliable source, but not everybody who gets a story in the Guardian gets an article solely because they were mentioned in the Guardian.Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 02:16, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 01:01, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 01:03, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:08, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Somali Corpus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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No secondary source given for notability. A WP:BEFORE on Google Scholar gives this article that uses the corpus and gives a description of it. Otherwise, I can only find a passing mention and this article, which uses the corpus but doesn't go in-depth about it. It doesn't look like WP:GNG is met, although I am open to changing my mind if more sources come to light.

Noting that the original author has declared a COI with the subject. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language and Somalia. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was a pretty rudimentary stub. Now, a number of sources have been added that discuss the importance of such corpora of under-resourced languages, and of Somali resources in particular. Links have been added to this page. The lead has also been cleaned up to clarify what a corpus is and where Somali is spoken. LingLass (talk) 17:00, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! The issue wasn't about the lack of information or context in the lead, or about whether such corpora are important. To meet WP:GNG, sources should go in-depth about this specific corpus in particular, not about corpora in general. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 18:55, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a better solution would be to move this to a page about Somali corpora in general, rather than focusing on this corpus in particular. I feel like there are now a number of other corpora for this language that together have some deeper coverage in the literature.LingLass (talk) 19:54, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That could indeed work! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 20:47, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]