Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Odia calendar


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The result was delete. Substantially unopposed.  Sandstein  19:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Odia calendar

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A Google Books search for this concept turns up 10 hits. Of these, 2 are dictionaries, 2 are not searchable for this term, and 5 are accidental hits of one kind or another. Only one book appears to contain this term, and that book, by Dr. Bigyan Badu, is self-published. It is possible that there really is such a calendar, but the paucity of sources available along with the single website given as a source in the article suggest that its notability is not supported by reliable, independent, verifiable sources. KDS4444 (talk) 03:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment The name of the state was changed from Orissa to Odisha, and the name of its language from Oriya to Odia, in 2011. I haven't yet determined whether there are enough sources under Oriya calendar to support a standalone article like Tamil calendar or Bengali calendar, but Google book search snippets support at least a redirect to the general article of Hindu calendar. See also Pana Sankranti, and references, for description of a holiday marking the beginning of the New Year in the traditional Odia calendar. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 16:17, 7 August 2016 (UTC) Addendum: The following Google snippet suggests that The Sūryavaṁśi Gajapatis of Orissa (1957) might be one particularly helpful English source if anyone has library access: "To know the significance of this Anka reckoning it is essential here to explain in brief some of the peculiarities of the Oriya calendar. Peculiarities of dating in Orissa : — Like the Tamils and the Bengalis the Oriya people also follow the solar ...." 24.151.10.165 (talk) 19:14, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:08, 14 August 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment -- It is always difficult to judge a stub, but if expanded into a full article it might be worth having, provided it is in fact different from other Hindu calendars. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:10, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Ed (Edgar181) 10:50, 16 August 2016 (UTC)


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