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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pumppuamo

:The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:09, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

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"Pumppuamo" is not a real place. The word means 'pumping station'; the more usual form is "pumppaamo" but the Finnish map site uses "pumppuamo" throughout. | hyark (talk) 09:28, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

  • Comment On the Google map there seems to be a separate built-up area entitled "Pumppuamo" at the place indicated. GEOnet has nothing on Pumppuamo in Finland, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. At the Finnish WP, if I understand correctly, the villages in the Valtimo municipality are: Elomäki, Haapakylä (kirkonkylä), Halmejärvi, Hirsikangas, Kalliojärvi, Karhunpää, Koiravaara, Koppelojärvi, Maanselkä, Nuolijärvi, Pajukoski, Puukari, Rasimäki, Rumo, Sivakkajoki, Sivakkavaara, Verkkojoki and Ylä-Valtimo. Are these all or just those for which articles have been written, I cannot say. The only other Pumppuamo links I found from a google search seem to be either WP mirrors or sites keying off Google Maps' recognition of the place. May fail WP:V. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | Talk 00:19, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

  • Delete. Google Maps is not infallible; in my recent work in adding geographic coordinates to WP articles, I've come across a number of places that are mislabeled or labeled in the wrong locations on those maps. (That GM labels [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=sl&sa=N&q=pumppuamo&hl=en six places in Finland other than the one in Valtimo] with the same name also seems rather odd and may support the nom's contention that the word is a generic designation rather than a proper name.) In any event, unless confirmation is forthcoming from other, independent sources, I'll have to say that this fails WP:V. Deor (talk) 01:47, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Delete fails WP:V. [http://www.google.fi/search?hl=fi&q=Pumppuamo+Valtimo&btnG=Hae&meta=cr%3DcountryFI Finnish google search] and [http://www.google.fi/search?hl=fi&q=Pumppuamo+Valtimo&btnG=Hae&meta=lr%3Dlang_fi Finnish language google search] both go only to that map and english wiki articles+derivatives. Might exist, but with a complete and total lack of sources there's currently no way to know. Can be recreated if such sources are found --Saalstin (talk) 12:25, 3 July 2009 (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.