Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion

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July 2026

Region name

A mysterious blue link from 2005 that redirects to WV:Region article template. Maybe delete as a cross-namespace redirect. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:28, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

• Neutral. I'm torn on this one. On one hand, it is a cross-wiki namespace and not one that's particularly useful, but on the other hand, it is the default text when you create a new article ("City name is in Region name"), and a redlink isn't a good look. //shb (t | c | m) 09:25, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  We also have redlinks like Country and Region, both deleted per VFD. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:28, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  In that instance, I'm leaning delete, though I'd want to hear more opinions too. //shb (t | c | m) 10:19, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  I'm not seeing a good reason for deletion. It won't be confused with a real place. So how is it worthwhile to produce a huge amount of work cleaning up? Of course, no article should say "X is in Region name", but I'm still not seeing the advantage of deletion. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:37, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  What's the clean up work you're envisaging? --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 19:54, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  Well, it would actually be beneficial to substitute the actual region name, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Dunno. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:38, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  Yeah, so presumably any stray 'Region names' showing up as redlinks would stand out as needing to be changed sooner, preferably by the person who first made the error.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 21:01, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

• Weak keep. We have had this article for 20 years. By having Region name as a blue link, it is possible to find any newly created articles that need the region name completed using what links here, but this may be rarely used. AlasdairW (talk) 17:47, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

  Having seen later comments, I am now happy if this is deleted. AlasdairW (talk) 13:28, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• Delete. This seems obvious to me. Far from "a red link is not a good look", it is exactly the perfect look when someone creates a new article without replacing this text. Pashley (talk) 20:50, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Actually yeah...I too change my !vote to delete. //shb (t | c | m) 00:53, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

• Delete a red link isn't a good look, and a redirect to a template isn't useful for readers. Let the red link draw our attention to the need for the link to be replaced. Ground Zero (talk) 22:07, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
• OK, those of you who want to delete this redirect have convinced me. I won't stand in your way; your logic makes sense. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:41, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
• Delete, per Pashley. And the "what links here" tool works on redlinks too. Gerode (talk) 01:12, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Ainu phrasebook

In 2019, this article scraped through a VFD on the (mistaken) basis that there were still a few monolingual Ainu speakers left. Sadly, this was not the case even at the time, and as of 2026 even the last bilingual native speakers have passed away. While it's still a heritage language taught in a few schools etc, the phrasebook is of no conceivable actual use to the traveller.

I would, however, be happy to rescue a few basic greetings and such for an infobox in Hokkaido, which already has some mildly-interesting basics like Ainu place names. Asamboi (talk) 00:55, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• Delete standard phrasebooks for dead languages aren't really helpful. It could potentially be turned into a travel topic, but I think adding a few phrases to Hokkaido would be more useful. //shb (t | c | m) 01:56, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
• Delete as the language is recently dead with no native speakers left. It can be archived at WV:Archive. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 03:51, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
  • It is always sad to delete an article somebody has made a good-faith effort in creating and others have improved. I like the idea of archiving such articles. This is possibly also useful, such as the suggested saving of some phrases – for attribution reasons, you cannot merge content elsewhere from a to-be-deleted article, that content has to be deleted along with it. However, some articles should indeed be deleted, not archived, including those found unreliable. So let's archive this one. –LPfi (talk) 06:30, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

    I too support archiving (not sure if my message earlier implied that), but I think if it is, Ainu phrasebook should redirect to Hokkaido#Talk. //shb (t | c | m) 06:39, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• Archive (or Delete) as this is no longer practical for travel. I like the idea of rescuing interesting details in Hokkaido, Minority cultures of Japan#Ainu or any individual destinations associated with Ainu culture. Gerode (talk) 15:09, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
• Comment I am undecided between "Keep" and "Archive, retaining a redirect". There are incoming links from Commons and Wikipedia. How much cultural use is there of Ainu? Is a traveller likely to see a performance or concert using Ainu, or hear greetings in Ainu? AlasdairW (talk) 20:57, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

  Unless they specifically seek out an Ainu cultural center, they are exceedingly unlikely to see or hear either of those. And standard phrasebook fare ("where is the train station") won't be useful if they do. Asamboi (talk) 23:51, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• Archive. It's by no means impossible that the language could be revived in the future. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:05, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

SEO

Could also refer to WV:Search engine optimization or Séguéla Airport. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 07:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Comment: The airport should have priority, only we have no information in it. The town of 50,000 inhabitants (according to Wikipedia) redlinks. The town is listed in Northern Savanna#Cities, but only HGO ^IATA is mentioned in Get in. Wikipedia has no information on what flights there are to the airport. Seems the redirect is unneeded for the time being.

We should avoid cross-namespace redirects, and I don't think business promoters find the current redirect – but I wonder, what way do they find (or are supposed to find) Wikivoyage:Welcome, business owners, Wikivoyage:Welcome, tourism professionals & al? Wikivoyage:Policies, the most relevant-looking left-margin link (in Monobook; where are they in Vector?) does not help.

–LPfi (talk) 07:55, 20 July 2026 (UTC)