Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of territorial entities where Tamil is an official language


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The result was keep. Kurykh (talk) 00:46, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

List of territorial entities where Tamil is an official language

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Duplicates content at the main Tamil language article, namely the subsections #Legal status and #Geographic distribution. The list has only five entries, and further expansion is unlikely. I am nominating List of territorial entities where Malay is an official language (which has four entries) for the same reason.


 *  IgnorantArmies  (talk)  09:05, 31 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep both - sorry, I looked at them both and noted that they have matching articles in multiples languages, including Tamil and Urdu. There is a good reason for these. They may be short but they are concise, unlike the much longer Tamil article. It is not instantly clear where Tamil is spoken. There is no reason we cannot have both, just as we have both for many other languages. —Мандичка YO 😜 09:39, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The entire list is repeated within the first four sentences of the Tamil language article, I don't know how much more "instantly clear" it could be.  IgnorantArmies  (talk)  03:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep both - There is no rule which states that "List of territorial entities where X is an official language" articles must have at least a dozen entries. If there is a rule then the article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_as_an_official_language doesn't have a dozen entries. M.K.Dan (talk) 12:01, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:16, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:16, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:16, 31 January 2017 (UTC)


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