Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kottinagar

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The result was delete. Nobody wants to keep this, and no consensus about whether and where to redirect. Editors can figure this out editorially. Sandstein 21:38, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kottinagar[edit]

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There is no written source that says Kottinagar was the capital of Funan All the best Wikirictor 12:56, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - The Vietnamese wiki entry seems to be sourced and rather fleshed out.Icewhiz (talk) 13:40, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your help, the Cattigara story, now i remember. This was a western term for the supposed legendary capital of Serica, the easternmost land of Asia the Greeks and Romans had ever heard of. Marinus of Tyre mentions a sailor Alexander who, in the 1st cent. AD sailed to Cattigara... The central settlement of Funan was actually named Óc Eo (Khmer for Glass River). BTW Cattigara redirects to Óc Eo. All the best Wikirictor 14:03, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I see little use of this variant spelling (around 100 google hits - mostly Wikipedia clones and uses based on Wikipedia - nothing "solid" or "heavy weight"). Cattigara is widely used. Seems this was created on the Vietnamese Wikipedia by one user (possibly copy&pasting from elsewhere?) and on the same day added as a stub here. If anyone is conversant in Vietnamese it would be worthwhile seeing if this is a POV fork worth deleting there.Icewhiz (talk) 14:30, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Óc_Eo#Kattigara_of_Ptolemy where the topic, including Sanskrit sources, is covered more fully. ("The name 'Kattigara' was probably derived from the Sanskrit Kirti-nagara कीर्ति- नगर 'Renowned City' or Kotti-nagara कोटि-नगर 'Strong City'." Reference at article.) 24.151.116.12 (talk) 16:50, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect but Funan might be the target, as it expresses doubt as to where the capital was. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:31, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I do not see use of this English spelling variant - it all seems wiki driven and even that is very very sparse. If there is actual use that would be grounds for a redirect, but if it is all wiki spam...Icewhiz (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: We have a rough consensus to redirect here, but we need to come to a decision about where to redirect it to.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, A Train^talk 12:09, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - if redirected it should be the same as Kattigara to Óc Eo - but I don't think it is necessary as Kottinagar seems to be used exclusively by Wikipedia and wiki-spam - seems to be a mistaken transliteration by a Wikipedia editor (maybe back from Vietnamese?) - prior to 2012, google hits - google search prior to 31.12.2012 - are limited to a few results in viwiki (4 total), and a contemporary search shows less than 100 hits - mostly wiki-spam/clones.Icewhiz (talk) 12:31, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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