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Velit Bay Plantation

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Page has two sources, one of which is an advertisement for the property sale, which I don't think counts for notability. Googling this location all I can find is a tripadvisor page with some reviews, one of which points out that it closed at some point before December 2018. I don't believe this page currently passes WP:GNG and I see little prospect for future improvement given the current status of the venue. Giuliotf (talk) 23:19, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Travel and tourism, Oceania, and Islands. Giuliotf (talk) 23:19, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:GNG. Apparently, a minor, short-lived venture. A book said it was under construction in 2009. Velit Bay Plantation's website came online in 2011, they started doing blog posts and stopped that year. Facebook account had no posts beyond 2011. By 2014 their website declared that Velit Bay Plantation is now FOR SALE. Indeed, an archived version of the first reference lists the property for sale for $4,000,000 in 2014. There's a Lonely Planet listing of it, but it's one paragraph long (The winding 2km drive down the rocky road to spectacular Velit Bay is a visual sensation, while the small, open-sided 15 South does much to tempt the taste buds. Chill on the private beach, where there are deckchairs and a bunch of activities, kayaking, kitesurfing, snorkelling and beach volleyball - or indulge in a fresh seafood or pasta.) and another paragraph tells you how to get there. Nothing else on Google Books except apparent false positives. Visited by a Guardian journalist in 2015 for lunch, noted to be staggeringly beautiful and with Cattle and coconut groves. The Daily Mail (LOL) wrote that Cate Blanchett visited in 2016. Nothing on Google Scholar, TWL, Newspapers.com. What was Velit Bay Plantation is apparently no more by 2019. It became a noni plant farm by 2022. This isn't enough for detailed coverage. starship.paint (talk / cont) 09:52, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the Lonely Planet is the only reliable source that I can see, so it lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. Soft delete in case it gets re-developed. Bearian (talk) 18:04, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Varo (island)

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After extensive searching I was unable to find any other sources that mention the island or even locate it on a map. As such if it exists I believe it fails WP:GEOLAND Giuliotf (talk) 19:40, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have added more refs to support notability--books with ISBN numbers and pages. Lamro (talk) 13:17, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for providing the extra links. Unfortunately I can't access some of them, but I was able to access one of the new sources for Varo which helpfully has Varo Island labelled on a map in roughly the location where it should have been (-16.5422, 167.6965), which likely means that Leumanang is here (-16.5303, 167.7054) (one of the alternate names for this island on geonames is Limaning, so it seems like a good match), which would make the island here Arseo (-16.5200, 167.7155) (using google earth to look at historical photos I can see some buildings on the south of the island in 2003 with the island becoming overgrown between 2003 and 2015, which is consistent with what is written on the wiki page. The names I have found for these three islands are Fido, Limani and Faroun.

Unfortunately I am unable to access most of the new references, best I've been able to manage is using google books to see some snippets, for Varo Island as far as I can tell both new sources have very brief mentions that help confirm the location of the islands, but little else (maybe someone with better access to the sources can provide more context).

For Leumanang Island, one source is a brief mention that was also added to the Varo page, the mapaction PDF I am unable to access (the url might be incorrect) and for reference 4 (^[1]) I am unable to see a preview and I can only see 3 snippets, all three of which are snippets of maps, but where the location of Leumanang appears to be further north, near Norsup, so it appears that these three mentions at least are of a different place with the same name (possibly an alternate name of Uri (island) or Uripiv or maybe the island here (-16.0990, 167.4427) which I have been unable to find a name for, but these are just guesses. I also suspect the current reference 7 refers to one of these islands as they are missing from that page and the other Leumanang Island looks uninhabited).

I'll tidy up the wikidata entries and add the location information so the conversation can be better informed. Giuliotf (talk) 17:15, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related page because for the same reason, (unable to find any other mentions of it or even locate it on a map):

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Oceania and Islands. Shellwood (talk) 19:50, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Malampa REDI.: Five year master plan, 2001-2005. Department of Provincial Affairs. 2001. p. 40. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

Delete both The Lonely Planet book mentions each island once, on the same page. The other sources do not mention the islands at all or are no longer available. One mention in one source is insufficient for WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:14, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Many refs added --books, websites Lamro (talk) 16:53, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I can't access reference 3 or 4 (for some reason Google Books no longer works in my browser), but the Seach (not "seech") reference is an utterly trivial "this exists" statement probably lifted from WP, and the last reference doesn't mention Varo at all. I stand by my delete. However, since we can verify these islands exist from multiple sources, I would be open to a merge to List of islands of Vanuatu. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:04, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into List of islands of Vanuatu, which itself could be expanded with this kind of information. Metallurgist (talk) 03:45, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:43, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Islands proposed deletions

Nusatupe Airport (via WP:PROD on 25 May 2025)

[1] Malampa REDI.: Five year master plan, 2001-2005. Department of Provincial Affairs. 2001. p. 40. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

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