Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of places named after places

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:45, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of places named after places

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WP:INDISCRIMINATE and unsourced trivia. Woefully incomplete if we really wanted to discuss historical toponymy. As is, serves no encyclopedic value whatsoever. — JFG ^talk 06:40, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:17, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:17, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. If complete this would cover most places in the Americas, Australia, NZ etc. Also very difficult to define and source. Seems indicriminate and pointless.Charles (talk) 09:33, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. It wasn't only English-speakers who named places after places - so did, among others, the Dutch, French, Germans, Portuguese, Russians and Spanish. You can add Africa, Antarctica and Asia to the list of continents. Hopelessly WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:LISTCRUFT - and even the short existing list contains one glaring mistake. New York City wasn't named directly after the English city of York, but after James, Duke of York. Narky Blert (talk) 17:54, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Great point about James, Duke of York! — JFG ^talk 12:06, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE. Ajf773 (talk) 05:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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