Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liwuli

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 22:59, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Liwuli[edit]

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This seems like WP:OR to me. I looked up on google scholar and did not find a single published reference about this poetic form. There are a few self published sources (blogs) which discuss this and it seems like it was recently created/invented by a certain Singaporean poet. Unless there are reliable published sources discussing this, I would say it is WP:TOOSOON to have an article. Lemongirl942 (talk) 16:48, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 01:57, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:41, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:03, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nothing suggesting how this can be improved or if there are the necessary sources for the applicable notability. SwisterTwister talk 04:27, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:50, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it certainly looks unpromising; if English language googling is anything to go by (just 116 not very good hits, once non-poetry and social media are filtered out). Are we sure, however, that there are not sources in Chinese or Malay on this topic? Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:08, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contemporary Malay is usually written using the Roman script, so a google search should be able to find Malay sources for the term "liwuli" (that is, if the sources exist). I am not very sure about Chinese but I consider it unlikely, given that "Liwuli" is described as a traditional Southeast Asian poetic form. However, there could be a small possibility that there are old Malay sources (in the Jawi script) or perhaps Chinese translations of the original Malay sources. However, I couldn't find any published research about this poetic form. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 17:48, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, then I will say Delete, but not opposed to Userfy if anyone thinks they can work up something with offline sources from languages various. Of course, if anyone can locate reliable sources I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:38, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 01:34, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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