Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhaya

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The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS, which defaults to KEEP Paul August ☎ 03:49, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bhaya

It is very superficial information. Migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are generally referred to as "bhaiya", "or "bhaiyyah", ("bhaiyya" means brother in Hindi). Generally people in the places they work see them as a collective entity. Many of them are labourers/working class people-this is a term which a migrant would not prefer to called by (though it is quite a respectable word WITHIN the community. The dialects spoken by these people are Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Maithili and Maghi - all having entries on Wikipedia. These differene dialects are not differentiated by people of the other provinces and (especially Awadhi) is quite often used to in providing "character" to a character in Bollywood films —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.91.81 (talk • contribs)

• Delete: Looks like nonsense. Not encyclopedic. --Ragib 18:09, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: At its current state, the article seems to be more of an ethnic slur than a linguistic one. I'm not familiar with Bihar or what people from Bihar are termed, but the articles topic sounds more like the N-word to me. I'd like to see some verifyable sources for the information and some proof that this term is in use. --Ragib 22:42, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Bihar --> Biharis. User:Nichalp/sg 07:10, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, seems like a notable ethnic stereotype. As the nominator explains "Generally people in the places they work see them as a collective entity." I urge him/her to edit the article and clarify it. Kappa 22:24, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and rename -- move to Bhaiya, the correct transliteration. User:Nichalp/sg 07:10, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

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