Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mozambican units of measurement

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The result was delete. Nakon 01:51, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mozambican units of measurement

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I quote the proposer of the previous PROD: "It appears to be about nothing at all. It gives no details of any preceding system of units. it mentions an Arabic unit of mass which appears irrelevant. I would suggest WP:NOTABLE"

The original editor removed the PROD with a justification which I quote: "(It provides details about the current system. It provides the details about the system before the current system (Note: Portuguese system). Bahar was used in China to East coast of Africa (Refer: http://sizes.com/units/bahar.htm )(also refer references).)"

This hardly says anything at all, and does not address the original point. Imaginatorium (talk) 12:17, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The place has mostly followed the Portuguese standards since it was colonised but there do seem to be some local features. For example, here, we see an entry which documents the frazil and the bahar, along with details of the coinage. More recently, the independent government has been legislating as traders have been giving short measure. Plus ça change... Andrew D. (talk) 19:59, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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weak delete I found a few similar sources for "frazil" and "bahar", but they all seem copied from a similar source/each other. If there's no more data than the conversion rate (eg. origin, notable uses, etc) and no other unique units besides weight, I see no reason for an article. Deunanknute (talk) 22:58, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There are no reliable sources showing that the topic "Mozambican units of measurement" is notable per
WP:GNG—what independent sources discuss that topic other than to note that people in Mozambique use measurement systems established elsewhere? If someone finds encyclopedic information about measurements before colonization, a new article can be created, however an article on this topic cannot be based on one or two dictionary definitions. Johnuniq (talk) 02:29, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply
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Delete No evidence of independent notability. PianoDan (talk) 15:58, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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