Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bible translations into Ladakhi


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes  10:51, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Bible translations into Ladakhi

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User:Ladakh Bible using this article to promote their Ladakh Bible App in the App Store JMHamo (talk) 08:57, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
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In the last 2 days I've made some major additions to the article regarding "Bible translations in Ladakhi". I believe they are unique and new and beneficial to those who are interested in Bible Translations. I hope the changes/additions I have done will help to keep this article in WikipediaLadakh Bible (talk) 14:57, 1 September 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per nom - David Gerard (talk) 11:29, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep -- I thought it was accepted that most Bible translations were notable. This is giving a history of translation, and is certainly worth having, despite the creator's COI.  Peterkingiron (talk) 21:22, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The article appears to be a slightly rewritten copy, with beefed up references, of Bible translations into Tibetan. I'd suggest either merging there, or disentangling the two. Uanfala (talk) 09:07, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: agreeing that any Bible translation has notability; unsure whether keeping this separate or merging with the Bible translations into Tibetan is preferable.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 08:57, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   19:39, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - The subject is clearly notable, and has sources. The prose of this article is not very encyclopedic, and could use cleanup, but AfD is not cleanup. The motivation of the article creator is also irrelevant. Definitely keep. Fieari (talk) 00:29, 9 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I think the article should be kept separate from that of Bible Translation into Tibetan. I think this article is note worthy in it self. The people group for which this article is written for (Leh district/zhung Dialect) numbers about 60,000 people. This would be of interest to them, not to mention all the Christians within India (2-3% of the population, 20-30 million people). I was looking through all the articles related to Ladakh which occupy it's own topic/article. They are Ladakh Scouts, Ladakh International Film Festival, Ladakh Marathon, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh; Ladakhi Women's Travel Company, Ladakh. It could be said since Ladakh is a Tibetan people area so all these articles should be included in the Tibetan article however each of these articles have it's own web page within Wikipedia (even though some deal with a very limited topic range and only limited number of people would be interested in them). I think this article should also have it's own unique article and not be included in Bible Translation into Tibetan. This article is talking about the history of getting the Bible into the Ladakhi language. It started over hundred years ago and is still progressing. It's only connection with the article Bible Translation into Tibetan is that the first translation of the Bible into a Tibetan dialect/religious dialect began in Ladakh. But from that time on wards it separated. The work which is getting done in Tibet will never be able to meet the needs in Ladakh. I'm willing to work on this article if that is what is needed.Ladakh Bible (talk) 04:07, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment (voted above). The last contribution reads to me as credible.  Precisely when a dialect becomes a separate language is often debatable.  Ladakh is separate from Tibet, being part of India, not China.  The local religion is Buddhism, so that Christianity will be a minority one, but that does not mean that the translation project is NN.  Peterkingiron (talk) 13:15, 9 September 2016 (UTC)


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