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Not notable. Only notable thing on the article to me was "world's first hotel residences offered for sale by the government of the Maldives." which is far-fetched to me. Unilandofma^{(Talk to me!)} 04:49, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maldives-related deletion discussions. Unilandofma^{(Talk to me!)} 04:49, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Travel and tourism and Islands. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:39, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)#Scope says:
For the purpose of this guideline, a geographical feature is any reasonably permanent or historic feature of the Earth, whether natural or artificial.
Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)#Natural features says:
Named natural features are often notable, provided information beyond statistics and coordinates is known to exist. This includes mountains, lakes, streams, islands, etc. The number of known sources should be considered to ensure there is enough verifiable content for an encyclopedic article. If a Wikipedia article cannot be developed using known sources, information on the feature can instead be included in a more general article on local geography. For example, a river island with no information available except name and location should probably be described in an article on the river.
The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features), which says:
Notability on Wikipedia is an inclusion criterion based on the encyclopedic suitability of an article topic. Geographical features meeting Wikipedia's General notability guideline (GNG) are presumed, but not guaranteed, to be notable. Therefore, the notability of some geographical features (places, roadways, objects, etc.) may be called into question.

Sources
1. Hawker, Cathy (2010-10-27). "Paradise Opens Up: The Maldives is allowing foreigners to buy property on the 1,192 islands for the first time". Evening Standard. ProQuest 760082296.
  The article notes: "The first, 12 Blues, is on 10-acre Lundufushi island, 45 minutes by seaplane from the international airport in the capital Male, a crowded little town and home to a third of the island's 315,00 population -- historically fishermen -- with the rest spread over 1,192 small islands. The 12 Blues company plans an atmosphere of serenity and organic luxury when it builds 40 off-plan villas and an exclusive resort, due for completion by 2012. Buyers at 12 Blues must put their property into the rental pool for all but six weeks of the year. There will be 37 villas on stilts sitting in the clear, warm Indian Ocean. These homes will be large -- 2,316sq ft for Pounds 1.15 million -- and there will also be seven land villas for Pounds 1.4 million. Rental revenue will be divided in half with the owners. ... The Arabian-style villas are designed to resemble floating lanterns, with private pools overlooking a palm-fringed beach. Onsite facilities will include a serious spa, restaurants and a dive centre."
2. Latham, Laura (2011-10-28). "Selling Off Pieces of Island Paradise". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  The article notes: "The first company to introduce a residence option was 12 Blues in October 2010 on the island of Lundhufushi, 130 kilometers, or 80 miles, from the capital of Malé. Of the 40 villas planned, 10 already have been sold, and 10 more will be put on the market next year. The resort was designed by the Singapore company Eco.id, and is intended to include a Franklyn hotel, spa and a variety of restaurants and bars. Properties are priced from $2.3 million, or €1.7 million, and owners who want to put their homes into the resort’s rental pool will receive six weeks’ use per year and 50 percent of the net revenue."
3. "Grab a slice of idyllic island resort life". The Straits Times. 2010-10-12. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  The article notes: "A press statement from JLL yesterday said the 12 Blues Resort & Spa is the first hotel residences development in the Maldives to be made available for individual foreign ownership. The strata-titled development comprises 33 water villas and seven beach villas with prices starting from US$1.855 million each. Located in Raa Atoll in the Indian Ocean, 12 Blues is a 35-minute seaplane journey north of Male, the capital of the Maldives. Known by locals as Lundhufushi, the island is a 10 acre teardrop-shaped coral island with over two kilometres of untouched pristine beachfront."
4. "Join Branson and the Beckhams in the Maldives". Evening Standard. 2016-02-24. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  The article notes: "In almost all the islands, property is only available on short-term lease — currently a maximum of 50 years — and all building materials apart from sand and a little wood must be brought in from abroad. The only off-plan project there to date, 12 Blues, launched amid much fanfare in 2010 but even the country's president arriving to lay the first stone on the totally undeveloped Lundufushi island, failed to prevent the project sinking financially without trace."
5. Davies, Helen (2015-02-22). "The longest honeymoon ever: investing in the Maldives. Just the mention of the Indian Ocean archipelago is enough to inspire lust. Now exclusive resorts are allowing overseas buyers to snap up their very own piece of island paradise". The Times. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  The article notes: "There have been a few promised developments that failed to materialise — 12 Blues, for example, which was meant to be the first hotel-residence project open to individual foreign buyers — but this year there will be more bamboo scaffolding and boats piled with builders instead of fishermen landing on the sandy shores than ever before."
6. Hall, Zoe Dare (2011-11-13). "Come on in, the water's lovely. The Indian Ocean is an unspoilt alternative to the Caribbean, and a new hot spot for foreign buyers. Time to go island-hopping". The Times. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  The article notes: "On Lundhufushi, a tiny private island 40 minutes by plane from Malé, the 12 Blues Resort and Spa has striking circular water villas designed in contemporary Arab style."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow 12 Blues to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 11:52, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 13:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - While as an island, it would pass WP:GEONATURAL, I'm not too sure if 12 Blues is the actual name of the island. It appears that it refers to a failed resort hotel project on that island, as per The Times article posted above. The actual island seems to be named Lundhufushi. Perhaps the page should be moved to Lundhufushi. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 18:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]