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The result was delete. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 21:42, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mambo (swahili) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

del Non-english dicdef. Although I am inclined to believe it is a hoax (you know mambo/jambo, mumbo-jumbo...) Shall we have articles about words in all languages of the world? Guten Tag, Konnichi wa, Privetik, Witam panstwo, Zdravstvuyte, Zdorovenki buly, Labas rytas, Terve, Bon giorno, Buna ziua,.... `'mikka 03:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, Wikipedia is not a dictionary.--TBCΦtalk? 03:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Dicdef and can't see how the article could ever amount to more. WjBscribe 03:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep This article is more than a simple dictionary definition (in fact the word, as do many greetings Ciao Whassup? seems to have different meanings depending on context, perfect for an encyclopedia article. The article makes references to pop culture and to another wikipedia article on a similar Swahili greeting Jambo. It could use more information to make it similar to other articles in Category:Greetings, but it is a nice start and should not be deleted. Scarykitty 06:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is English langauge encyclopedia. Not to say your argument "different meanings depending on context" is exactly what dictionaries for. `'mikka 21:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep As far as I can tell this article is truthful. As to what to do with it, Jambo appears to be an incorrect usage be non Swahilli speakers in situations where Mambo should be used. So it appears we have a number of options, we can keep both, redirect Jambo to Mambo and explain the incorrect usage or redirect Mambo to Jambo as the more widely known in English even if it is incorrect. Personally, I defer to anyone who understands Swahilli to suggest the most suitable option. Nuttah68 15:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia is English-language encyclopedia, not a dictionary or textbook of Swahili language. `'mikka 21:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Truthful ≠ encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a Swahili dictionary.--TBCΦtalk? 21:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep for dab purposes. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 00:47, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you clarify how it would be used for disambiguation purposes? This could affect my (as yet ungiven) vote. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 23:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. This is dictionary content, no more. The only source is a dictionary. A disambig page can link to wiktionary - there is not reason to make an article out of it. --Mus Musculus 03:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment See Category:Greetings. Ciao, What's up, Ave - Latin, Shalom aleichem - Hebrew, Sat Sri Akaal - Hindi. Maybe this article's not "quite there" yet, but given the number of foreign language greetings that HAVE evolved into nice articles. Scarykitty 07:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC
    • Know nothing about Sat Sri Akaal, but ciao and shalom are quite frequently encountered in English speech (and in other languages, btw, like German, Polish of Russian), which qualifies them for English wikipedia. `'mikka 19:27, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  08:23, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - this is exactly a dictionary definition -- Whpq 17:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above. Quite possibly (though I'm awaiting proof of the same) this word has a rich melange of meanings in Swahili, and on the Swahili Wikipedia it might have a place. If the word had an article on the Swahili Wikipedia, which it doesn't. I see no reason why this dicdef should have one here instead. RGTraynor 19:08, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, agree, this is for a dictionary, not an encyclopedia.--Aldux 16:40, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per mikka's comment Captain panda In vino veritas 02:18, 15 March 2007 (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.