Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/නිරිපොල


 * 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   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

නිරිපොල

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nonsense Nilüfer7 (talk) 12:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC) *Speedy delete per WP:CSD. ~  Nerdy Science  Dude  13:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as nonsense. If I am reading the page history correctly, it's being suggested that this is translated before it is determined as nonsense. I can see the argument there, but given the length of the article and the lack of sources/context, I would go for a speedy delete as nonsense all the same. --Korruski (talk) 12:56, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

*Neutral for now It cannot be deleted as patent nonsense just because it is in another language, but since I couldn't translate the article (I know zilch Sinhalese), I cannot say whether it meets any other CSD criteria or fails notability. It's possible to delete it as G1, although I wouldn't recommend it, although feel free to tag it. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Change to weak keep as it has been translated and inhabited places are usually notable. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:37, 11 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep until translated Does not qualify as G1 simply because it is in a script we do not understand. If translated, it may prove to be a worthy article... maybe. Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 13:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - even google can't translate Sinhalese. Given the length, lack of source, and the untypable characters, there is no reason to keep.--137.122.49.102 (talk) 15:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - This is the English Wikipedia. Carrite (talk) 15:40, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep on basis of per se notability of villages — now that it's in English. Carrite (talk) 22:51, 13 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment Although I earlier speedily deleted this article under G1, that was only because I was unable to recognize the content as a foreign language rather than patent nonsense. Since we don't speedy delete articles just because they are not written in English, I think it would be reasonable to wait for at least some knowledge of the content before deciding on its fate.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:52, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions.  -- &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  19:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, but not speedy - If we were to simply remove the Sinhalese text, and renamed the article to Roman characters, we'd be left with a legible stub. I don't think deleting the article for containing non-English text would be necessary. However, just going by our usual notability standard, I can find zero coverage of this location. I'm convinced that it exists, but I can't find even the most basic information about it. It could have a population of 20 as far as we know. --  At am a  頭 20:32, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - G1 does not apply to a foreign language. Derild  49  21  ☼  23:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Now that it has been translated and is notable. Derild  49  21  ☼  14:24, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Cities and other such populated areas are de facto notable; translation has already begun. Even the one meager sentence should be able to save this because it is a village.  — fetch ·  comms   02:04, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Fetchcomms' arguments. Starting articles in foreign languages is allowed, as long as they are not just copies from other Wikipediæ.  That's why we have WP:PNT. Favonian (talk) 12:09, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to the Sinhalese Wikipedia. No reason for keeping article noone can read. Text not lost, translation still possible after that. Dummy74 (talk) 18:41, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Fetchcomms. ~  Nerdy Science  Dude  19:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - WP:NOTENGLISH applies. It's a town, so it's notable. ( X! ·  talk )  · @148  · 02:33, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to the Sinhalese Wikipedia. This is the English Wikipedia, articles should be in English, if they are not in English, they should be swiftly transwikied to the Wikipedia for that language, if such a beast exists, if not, it should be put up for translation. 70.29.210.72 (talk) 05:34, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment The article is now an all-English, sourced stub, so I guess the language-based arguments are moot. Favonian (talk) 16:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete the redirect, but Keep the article - places are inherently notable. Mjroots (talk) 13:03, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't see any reason to delete the redirect. Redirects are "cheap" and assuming they are not offensive or spammy, they don't get in anyone's way. They may help someone (with the right kind of keyboard in this case) locate an article, and as such they are useful.  There are lots of redirects from foreign names to articles bearing English names—in fact there is a whole category full of them: Category:Redirects from alternative languages. Favonian (talk) 13:43, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per Fetchcomms. Villages are inherently notable. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 02:33, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Fetchcomms. Now we can understand it, this looks like a valid article. Alzarian16 (talk) 17:41, 13 September 2010 (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.