Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kannada-Tamil


 * 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 '''redirect to Tamil-Kannada languages. Natalie 23:44, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Kannada-Tamil

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Complete hoax article, there is no slang or dialect of Kannada called as Kannada-Tamil. Kannada-Tamil on Google search gives zero results on anything related to a slang. ¿Amar៛ Talk to me / My edits 09:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a hoax since it is found in the following references on this page. Wiki Raja 20:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Is the reference provided for Sankethi or Kannada-Tamil, since it is against the sentence which talks of Sankethi? -- ¿Amar៛ Talk to me / My edits 01:49, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Krakatoa  Katie  18:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Expert Needed The Ehtnologue report for the Tamil language that Shoeofdeath cited in Articles for deletion/Mandyam Tamil specifically uses the phrase "Tamil-Kannada" as part of the language family for Tamil. Doing a little clicking through, this page shows "Tamil Kannada" as the primary branch (containing 28 of 34) of Southern Dravidian languages.  Prior to September 11, 2007, Tamil-Kannada was a stub essentially identical to this one.  At that point, it was turned into a redirect to Sankethi language. Someone with some actual expertise needs to sort this out.  It seems highly unlikely that the appropriate content for Kannada-Tamil and Tamil-Kannada is different, so one of them is wrong, but I have no clue which.  This needs a linguist to sort out.  GRBerry 14:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment - The more complete Tamil-Kannada languages article also exists. I'm no expert on this but from what I can see it appears that Sankethi is a dialect within the Tamil-Kannada subgroup. Based on this I would say that both Kannada-Tamil and Tamil-Kannada should be redirected to Tamil-Kannada languages, for now at least. Agreement with GRBerry above that someone with some better knowledge of the area and/or access to the references listed on this page should verify if this is correct. shoeofdeath 22:58, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: I've went ahead and redirected Tamil-Kannada already. shoeofdeath 23:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * So, to clarify, my opinion is that this article should redirect to Tamil-Kannada languages. shoeofdeath 05:00, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect per shoeofdeath. Bearian 17:35, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've looked at the sources referenced on both pages (same authors) and found that there is no difference between Kannada-Tamil and Tamil-Kannada (the latter term being used more often). The sentence about this being "also known as Shanketi" appears to be an error. This really just needs to be redirected (I think this is pretty uncontroversial, this AfD can probably be closed now). shoeofdeath 23:04, 1 November 2007 (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.