Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat - Narmad

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, though I will restore the content for transwiki if a) someone who is able to read Gujarati volunteers to do the Transwiki, and b) that person is familiar with Indian copyright law, and can assert that the poem is in the public domain - the poem was obviously published before 1923, but note that WP:PD says "When a work has not been published in the U.S. but in some other country, that other country's copyright laws also must be taken into account".

I don't expect a quick answer to either question, and it's very easy to restore deleted content, so to leave a patently unsuitable, possibly illegal article hanging in limbo indefinitely would be absurd. People who actually do transwikis are rare enough (much rarer than the people who move for them), and I suspect that the number of those who read Gujarati is zero. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 13:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat - Narmad[edit]

Listed on WP:PNT for over two weeks. Discussion from there follows. The language of this article is unknown. --JByrd 23:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd guess Gujarati, based on the subject. -Fsotrain09 23:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed. — Fire Fox 12:57, 13 June '06

Yes. The article is in Gujarati (my mothertongue :)). But I don't think it would be a canditate for wikipedia. First of all, it is a poem. Secondly, it is not a national song of Gujarat. Gujarat is a state of India and would not have a national song. Still, if translation needs to be done, I would be happy to get someone to translate it (I am not that good at it). But IMO this should be a candidate for the Gujarati wikipedia. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, very notable poems often have articles with interpretations, and the fact that it is an Indian song does not make it less notable; so if it has high significance for Gujarat, then it should be good enough.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 07:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. But the problem is that I don't think I am competent enough to decide whether this is notable or not. I will try to find out some more information about the song and the poet by tonight (IST = +5.30 GMT) - Aksi_great (talk) 07:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Transwiki the poem to Gujarati Wikisource, if it exists, or delete otherwise. Stifle (talk) 09:42, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki to Gujarati Wikisource/Wikipedia. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 14:03, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki per above or Delete. --Satori Son 13:19, 18 July 2006 (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.