Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desi 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 delete‎. Deletes outnumber the keeps too strongly to close this any other way, but I don't think the keeps have been clearly refuted, so consider this a "delete without prejudice to recreation" - but if you're going to recreate it, at least give us something longer than a stub to argue over at AfD in the future. asilvering (talk) 07:47, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Desi words

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Poorly written article. If improved, it would still contradict WP:NOTDICT. Nxcrypto Message 12:02, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language and India. Nxcrypto Message 12:02, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: seems to be a perfectly notable topic, see Scholar. Goes far beyond a Dictionary entry!!! -Mushy Yank. 01:37, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete agree with the nom. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Furthermore in popular usage "Desi word" means totally different than what it's written in the article.CharlesWain (talk) 07:45, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
delete this article currently is indeed a dictionary definition. The article is also borderline original research. Also, we already have a full-fledged article at desi. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (really more a "Don't Delete"): Given the duplication between tadbhava and tatsama, I suspect that a merged etymological classes in Middle Indo-Aryan languages or similar article would be better (though that needs expertise - "Gramya"/"Desya" distinction? Continued use of classes for later Indo-Aryan languages?). In the absence of such an article, there's not a good redirect that I can see. A rename to "Desya words" might be ok. There's more than just dictdef-level coverage on GScholar / GBooks[1][2] ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 03:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 13:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete : I agree. The article clearly contradicts WP:WINAD and appears to be a POV fork of an older edit version of Desi. There is no justification for retaining this article. Mr.Hanes Talk 16:52, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per nom. RangersRus (talk) 13:52, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.