Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multilingual list of edible plants used in Indian cuisine


 * 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   keep. v/r - TP 01:18, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Multilingual list of edible plants used in Indian cuisine

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WP is not a dictionary, or directory, or English to xxx phrase book. As a list it's an unnecessary fork of Indian cuisine, or should be made into such an article if it didn't already exist. Previously deleted per Articles for deletion/Multilingual list of Indian kin terms but somehow now back in mainspace. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 01:31, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Not an encyclopedia article at all. BigJim707 (talk) 05:59, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Rorshacma (talk) 08:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * TransWiki to Wiktionary if not there already as suggested at previous AfD. WP is not a dictionary; this is fine dictionary content of obvious interest and practical use, but doesn't belong here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:34, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 24 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Either delete or transwiki per all above. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:23, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete, but relocate or transwiki This is too good a page to be deleted. It may be moved to a more appropriate place, but to lose it permanently would be a shame! • Drmehta (talk • contribs) 16:25, 25 February 2012 (UTC) — Drmehta (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep - The page has been built over the last 6 years by nearly 500 editors. It is not so easy to recreate this. Definitely invaluable information. The list is not just translation into different languages. All the items listed have different names in different parts of India. Even if the local language scripts are removed, it still conveys crucial information about how different food items are named in different parts of India -- Anbu121 ( talk me ) 19:45, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, retitle as list of plants ... add links to the pages in the other language Wikipedias; it will then be a multi-lingual disam page.  Agreed that we have not often done that, but that is no reason why we  shouldn't; a sufficient criterion for a disam page, like any other navigational device, is that it be neutral.  DGG ( talk ) 05:11, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - I am not sure why this page was named as list of plants. Its actually, list of food items. -- Anbu121 ( talk me ) 15:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - it is entirely inappropriate for a disambiguation page; apart from breaching many of the style guidelines at MOS:DAB such pages deal with words and names with more than one use in English such as Mercury, China (disambiguation), etc.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 16:24, 3 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep- This article has valuable information.so keep--Dude7190 (talk) 16:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment that is not a valid reason to keep; see WP:ILIKEIT.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 16:24, 3 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:31, 4 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Essentially I see a list of common indian cookery ingredients as valid. This simply goes beyond a basic list by adding names in different languages. While it perhaps goes beyond the level of detail that is appropriate (i.e. beyond common English names and English versions of names in other languages) I don't see a reason to delete. These ingredients can commonly be found for sale in the UK under most if not all of the names given in the list, so the variations are appropriate to include. Maybe drop the 'multilingual' bit and the names in other alphabets though, which can be included in the individual articles.--Michig (talk) 13:20, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: This list is worth an encyclopedia. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 10:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:LISTN, WP:SALAT. Encyclopedic content that iis worthy of notice, per WP:N. -- Trevj (talk) 12:30, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
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