Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Sri Lankan Tamil slang and swear 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 closed as no consensus by User:Mailer diablo. - Bobet 08:25, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

List of Sri Lankan Tamil slang and swear words
Mukadderat 19:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per explicit wikipedia policy: What Wikipedia is not, items ...is not  "Lists of such definitions" and "A usage guide or slang and idiom guide". Create an article Sri Lankan Tamil slang from the encyclopedic part of the page.


 * Done and will exapnd articleRaveenS 13:10, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a slang and idiom guide. Travislangley 21:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. `'mikka (t) 23:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Core des at talk. ^_^ 23:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep RaveenS 17:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This isn't a vote. You have to supply an argument for keeping the article. --Core des at talk. ^_^ 18:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per User:Arvind's argument or else book burnigRaveenS


 * Keep per decision in Articles for deletion/List of Internet slang. I reiterate the comment I made on Articles for deletion/List of gay slang words and phrases: there are a whole lot of similar articles floating around, some of which have been kept after VfDs.  We really need a centralised discussion, which we then apply consistently to all articles in Category:Linguistics lists, Category:Etymology, etc.  At the moment we're taking decisions on an ad hoc basis without establishing a clear guideline as to what makes a linguistic list encyclopaedic, which is not the best way of going about it, in my opinion. -- Arvind 19:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This is content from Sri Lanka that is just begining to mushroom, may be move to article called Sri Lankan Tamil slang as discussed. May be nominators can get thet gloves on and work to move it than to simply delete hard work of others. Better suggestion would have been to develop a template to move such things to wictionary. I think nominating this for deletin is totally unfair and wrongHuracane 14:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * See withdrawl of delete because these nominations are arbitary and may be prejudicial on the part of nominators. Collective decision of the community is neededHuracane 21:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep for now until there is a reasonable plan to transwiki all such lists, per Arvind --Samuel Wantman 23:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete This certainly doesn't belong in Wikipedia. This is more a Wiktionary article. 60.231.141.11 08:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * User's 1st edit on wikipedia. --JJay 00:32, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep - The Tamil language is important. Orangehead 17:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. A very serious approach to an aspect of Tamil language and culture. Not precluded by WP:Not in my view. --JJay 19:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - at least until the discussion going on at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not reaches a consensus and future agreed policy can be applied sensitively. Please contribute to the discussion there. WLD 20:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This is no loger a mere list of slang, effort has been made to make it into an article about Sri Lankan Tamil slangRaveenS


 * STRONG KEEP - To uphold What Wikipedia is not. Note that Mukadderat has made a wholesale move to delete all of the following slang lists:
 * Articles for deletion/List of sexual slurs (3rd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/List of Singapore sexual slang (he moved this first, presumably to affect the outcome of the AfD).
 * Articles for deletion/List of loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil
 * Articles for deletion/List of Madras Tamil slang words
 * Articles for deletion/List of Sri Lankan Tamil slang and swear words
 * Articles for deletion/List of gay slang words and phrases
 * Articles for deletion/List of Trinidadian English terms - how in the hell did this one get deleted, as there is no consensus. Someone needs to look into this one.

Does anyone besides me see an anti-ethnic, anti-minority, and anti-profanity bias here? Mukadderat seems to be very selective in his AfD nominations, which wreaks of censorship, which is a clear Wikipedia policy violation.--List Expert 13:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * No, it is entirely reasonable to nominate articles which violate WP:NOT. A list of Madras Tamil slang words does not belong in an English language encyclopedia, and is not verifiable. -Will Beback 17:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * First this is not Madras Tamil slang, second this is no longer a listRaveenS


 * Comment - Looks like admins will do what ever they feel like, use consensus, stick to the his/he interpretation of the rules to keep or delete articles. See Hence I took the  initiative to convert this list to an article on loan words.  What a travesty, at the very least the deleted list should be been merged with the Trinidadian English Creole, it was a easy way out decision RaveenS 15:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Unverifiable, violates WP:NOT. -Will Beback 17:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Violtate what part of WP:NOTRaveenS


 * Announcement: I've started a discussion on Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not to discuss the fate of slang glossaries (such as this one) and to discuss whether or not the policy should be ammended to reflect the defacto acceptance of slang glossaries on Wikipedia.  They are here, and based on the results of AfD discussions like this one, they seem to be here to stay.  So shouldn't the policy be updated?  It would sure save a lot of wasted time and effort on fruitless AfDs.  You are welcome to join the discussion.  --List Expert 09:07, 4 August 2006 (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.