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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 00:05, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

EVOLUTION AND STATUS OF KALAPAI INDUSTRIES IN MELUR

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Kalapai appears to be the Tamil word for plow. As such, this article would be eligible for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#A10 except that it is written in such poor English that it is not immediately obvious that the article really means to talk about the current state of plow-making in a particular village Melur in Tamil Nadu. The article also seems to claim (again, this is uncertain due to the extremely poor English in which it is written) that the concept of an iron plow was unknown in India prior to 1948. However, according to History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent (a well-sourced article if not a definitive source), references to iron plows go back to the Vedic period (1000 - 500 BCE). Clearly, either this article's facts are wrong, or its exposition is so flawed that it cannot properly present the facts it is attempting to present. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:07, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article is so appallingly written that it is beyond copyediting into sense, and its difficult to see what content actually worth an article would be left.TheLongTone (talk) 21:22, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A better reason for deletion is that the article subject, the influence of one individual on agricultural practise in Tamil Nadu, does not appear to be notable, I can't find any references.TheLongTone (talk) 11:16, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Snowball delete. Somehow this isn't a G1? Yet it's the most incoherent thing I've seen written here, and I remember when User:Danfifepsu still edited. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:26, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I reserve WP:CSD#G1 for article such as
  adkfaie kd;lka io ; p j;lkj idacda ;lj ecdkl;jqepoi.
  
  This article at least made enough sense to guess that it was about plow-making in Melur (maybe). It's close to the G10 line, but not unambiguously so. I thought a community discussion was more in order. Call me crazy. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:33, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment G1 does not apply to bad English or machine translations. This is reasonably coherent (compared with some of the stuff I've seen from native English users...), and if thought to have significance could go to WP:PNT to (one hopes) get tidied up. If not so thought, as I feel is quite likely, then deletion would be in order. Peridon (talk) 21:57, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment WP:PNT would only be an appropriate solution if the page were actually written in a foreign language that, presumably, some polyglot editor could then translate into English. I don't think there are people at PNT who are expert in translating near gibberish into coherent thought. If we were provided with the foreign language source, that might be a different story, but the author has not graced us with any sources. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:42, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is a section for bad translations, part translations, tidy-ups required and so on. I've sorted the odd one or two... Not volunteering here, though. Can't see it being worth it. Peridon (talk) 20:42, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 17:36, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:ESSAY and WP:OR. This appears to be some person's own written history of a particular industry, akin to Ann Dunham's thesis for her Ph.D., Peasant blacksmithing in Indonesia: surviving and thriving against all odds. Bearian (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2013 (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.