Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Indian slang words


 * 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 delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:42, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

List of Indian slang words

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Please tell me we do not need to retain this.... KDS 4444 Talk  09:52, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Unencyclopedic article in the current state.  Jim Car  ter  10:43, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Counter-argument Articles are not deleted because of their state; we are discussing wether the topic deserves an article, not wether it is a good article. RailwayScientist (talk) 13:39, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Certainly, articles are not deleted based on their state. However, we are not here questioning the subject's notability. This article which is actually a list can be evaluated on their state, and the current state is unencyclopedic and with no educational value, at the moment, it doesn't deserve an article but with credible improvements (which includes, restructuring, sourcing, expanding) it may in future deserve one, we are discussing about the current article in question not the topic. And you understand that many articles are deleted regularly for their current state and then someday it gets recreated (well formatted, well sourced). Best,  Jim Car ter  16:32, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete, but redirect No other dialects have their own pages for slang, butit should redirect to a page on Indian English words not used in other varietes of English RailwayScientist (talk) 13:38, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Counter-argument There are many such pages List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases, Category:Lists of slang, List of LGBT slang terms (not a dialect, but still its a slang page) List of South African slang words, Category:American slang,British slang and many more. --Ritwik.m07 (talk) 4:13 PM Saturday, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * FWIW, "No other dialects..." - See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. It is good if you not counter regular's arguments as long as your own argument is not strong enough.  Jim Car ter  16:32, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * "No other dialects have their own pages for slang". Saw Quebec French profanity?  kashmiri TALK  20:39, 11 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Urbandictionary anywhere. Or delete. Slang is too messy/variable/regional/unreliable of a topic. Alsee (talk) 14:41, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Retain or Redirect to  Category:Indian slang Wiktionary I am really a novice on wikipedia. I don't know whether I am allowed to discuss this issue, so in case I am not, any wikipedian is requested to remove this. The language situation in India is, of course, very different from the language situation in Great Britain or the USA, where English is the native language. Slang is clearly influenced by the linguistic situation in India, not only with respect to English but also with respect to Indian languages. It is also influenced by characteristics of Indian society at large. . As there are other pages dedicated on this same article, I think due to the diversity in India languages, this article is certainly not irrelevant. --Ritwik.m07 (talk) 08:53, 8 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. The English Wikipedia is not an English dictionary and certainly is not a dictionary of poorly-sourced Indian slang, despite other crappy lists existing. If these can be properly sourced they should be added to the appropriate language Wiktionary. Lumping them all together in a list doesn't get away from the fact that Wikipedia is not a dictionary. --Michig (talk) 20:52, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * As there are similar articles like this one (List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases) on Wikipedia and keeping in mind that, it is next to impossible to find origination of every slang term (some are just... used without any proper reason). I think irrespective of whether they are properly sourced or not, they should be moved/redirected to Wiktionary. And yes Wikipedia shouldn't be made a dictionary. --Ritwik.m07 (talk) 08:53, 8 November 2015 (UTC)


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