Wikipedia:Substantive content (geography)
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Substantive content refers to any content in a geographical article that isn't content you could say about any random location on the world, that is to say you could pick a random field or piece of land and provide information for. A common statement for such articles is "no content other than location". Examples include:
- Coordinates
- Distance from other places
- The place's location hierarchy such as municipality, district, state or country
- Elevation (unless its the height of a hill etc)
The following are usually substantial content:
- Population, if this is from a reliable source like a census then the place is generally presumed to be notable
- Facts about what happened in a place or what its known for etc
The following depend on a cases by case basis
- Alternative names and former names
Such articles might be created with a bot but this may not get approved if the articles don't contain any substantial content.
Dealing with such articles
[edit]If the article doesn't contain any substantial content and you can't find any and the article doesn't appear to meet the notability guidelines then it should probably be merged with its municipality or another logical place. Note that not having substantial content is not its self a criteria for speedy deletion under A1 or A3.
Other types of articles
[edit]Similar tests can apply to things like people and companies for example if a biography only provides the person't date of birth/parents and their occupation.
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 77#Proposal: new criterion for mass-created GNIS permastubs for a discussion on creating a speedy deletion criteria for US places with no substantive content
- Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a gazetteer