Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharara

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. There is no prejudice against recreation as a disambiguation page, should that become necessary, but given the current paucity of bluelinks (most of the potential targets do not yet exist as articles) I am not going to mandate its creation at this time. Shereth 15:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sharara[edit]

Article consists of a random list of uses of a Hindi word or words that seem similar. Quelcrime (talk) 01:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:19, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Attia Sharara. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Jafeluv (talk) 05:53, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete then ~~redirect~~ per Jafeluv and WP:OR. Thryduulf (talk) 09:11, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment per below replace with a dab page after deletion. Thryduulf (talk) 17:59, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect or rewrite as a disambiguation page, which is effectively what it is. Unlike many other foreign-language words this is not in common usage in English. pablo_hablo. 10:37, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as an WP:INDISCRIMINATE collection of information. In principle I don't object to making disambiguation pages, I can find only one article that has this name in its title (Attia Sharara). I don't think that Sharara is likely to be a search term for Streets of Bollywood or Iskra (Egyptian communist organisation). Cnilep (talk) 19:24, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possible disambiguation candidates include Shararat (film) - 1972 film, Sharara (1959 film), Sharara (1984 film), Shararat (2002 film), and Sharara (singer) from Afghanistan. Mostly redlinks so far, but it's possible that someone searching on "Sharara" cound be looking for any one of these rather than this semi-dictionary page. pablo_hablo. 20:15, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete then redirect as suggested above.121.12.198.155 (talk) 05:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But note that if, as Pablomismo suggests, Shararat (film) is as likely as destination as Attia Sharara, redirect becomes impractical, and may in fact require making the page a DAB. Cnilep (talk) 17:43, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see that Shararat (film), which is a different word with more letters, is as likely a redirect target as Attia Sharara which contains the same word.Quelcrime (talk) 12:26, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've no idea on the likelihood, however I suggested a dab because the words are similar enough for a typo, seeing as there are films called Sharara and Shararat. (I am pretty sure both words are from the same root, one meaning "a spark" and the other meaning "impish, mischievous".) Typos are particularly likely given that both words are transliterated from other writing systems - consider Paratha, Parantha; Mohammed, Mahomet, Muhammad etc. Note also that, even ignoring the Shararats, there remain Attia Sharara, two films called Sharara and a singer called Sharara for disambiguation. pablo_hablo. 20:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - we should not have articles about foreign language words, unless they are ubiquitous. LoverOfTheRussianQueen (talk) 23:32, 14 July 2009 (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.