Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shilha (disambiguation)


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The result was   Withdrawn Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 18:18, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Shilha (disambiguation)

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I tagged this for speedy deletion, but it clearly needs some discussion. My problem with it is that the articles it is disambiguating between do not have remotely similar titles, and the disambig template says "This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title." If the various languages are all known as "Shilha", then perhaps they should all be moved to included that name in the title? Or if that name is not actually appropriate, perhaps they should be added as "See also" links in the Shilha language article? I'm really not sure now, so I've brought it here to see if people think it should be deleted, or whether there are cases where the "articles associated with the same title" thing can be disregarded -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:23, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Speaking as the guy who wrote it: "Shilha" is an alternative name for all the languages listed - I would understand that to be how they are "associated with the same title". People searching for information on Tunisian Berber, say, under the name of "Shilha" are going to be rather frustrated if they end up at a page describing the not very closely related Shilha language of southern Morocco if there's no path leading from it to Nafusi language. (See the article's talk page for discussion.) - Lameen Souag (talk) 16:53, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. I could be convinced (though the disambig page would need to be fixed up a bit), but I think we at least need each of the individual articles to mention that each language is also known as "Shilha" - currently the only one that says that is Nafusi language. Otherwise, we have a disambig page of links to articles that don't even mention the disambig subject. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, it's also mentioned in South Oran Berber (using the alternative spelling "Shelha"). I agree that it would be worth adding a mention to the other two. - Lameen Souag (talk) 17:44, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK. In that case, you've convinced me, so I'll withdraw this - I'll make a couple of notes on the Disambig Talk page. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:59, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Withdraw: In the light of the discussion so far, I'd like to withdraw the nomination. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:59, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
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