Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of loanwords in Malayalam

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The result was delete‎. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:06, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of loanwords in Malayalam[edit]

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This is interesting, but almost entirely unref'd and, Wikipedia is WP:NOTDICTIONARY PepperBeast (talk) 13:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language, India, and Kerala. PepperBeast (talk) 13:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:59, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment What about the others just like this at Category:Lists of loanwords? You might as well bundle them all if its the same situation. Dream Focus 23:17, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Agreed that it is very interesting, but Malayalam, like English, has hundreds of loan words. Bearian (talk) 15:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I agree with this. I certainly don't mind a few examples in language articles, but we are WP:NOTDICTIONARY, so compiling long lists of ehrmagerd, werds, is just not something we should be doing. PepperBeast (talk) 19:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Per nom. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, phrasebook, or a slang, jargon, or usage guide. RangersRus (talk) 12:21, 8 April 2024 (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.