Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iranian numbers

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The result of the debate was - no real consensus, for now I have redirected it to Numbers in various languages, which already has the names in Persian. - SimonP 21:45, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Iranian numbers

List of digits with a latinized translation into Persian or some other language. If this type of information is useful, it may be placed into the appropriate number articles. Delete --Allen3 ^talk 17:38, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

• Transwiki to Wiktionary. RickK 19:43, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary if they want it and Delete --Carnildo 22:57, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Wiktionary doesn't want transliterations. —Korath (Talk) 03:04, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, agree with Korath. Megan1967 05:23, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Korath. Radiant_* 08:56, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Encyclopedic list. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 19:39, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. At most, merge with Persian language. - Mustafaa 00:02, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Comment - I would be quite happy to see a List of numbers in different languages, with this as one small section of it. I think it would be fairly useful to have the numbers 1-10 in as many languages as possible here. This article could be merged with it, if such a beast existed. Grutness|^hello? 05:16, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Merge - into List of numbers in different lanugages, as per Grutness's suggestion. - Pioneer-12 09:16, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Hmmm, there are alot of different languages: Numbers from 1 to 10 in Over 5000 Languages. It seems the research has been done. A set of lists of numbers by language would be most helpful to the linguistic articles. It's one of the standard means of language comparison.
• Merge into Numbers in various languages: this article dates back to 2003. Unless there are special numerals, in which case it would be useful as an article along with Chinese numerals, Japanese numerals. Fg2 10:18, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
  • Cool. Iranian = Modern Persian. That article already contains an entry for Persian. That entry contains the same numbers as this list, with very slight differences - Transliteration error or regional/temporal variation? The big list [1] contains several closely related dialect variations, including Farsi and Tati. Farsi is described in sources as "the Official language of Iran", and another name for Persian. Actually, I think Farsi is the official and self-identified name for Farsi/Persian/Iranian - I believe that, if you asked someone from Iran, they would tell you that they spoke Farsi.... Yes, the wiki entry for Persian language confirms this.
  • So... these Iranian numbers are a dialect of Persian/Farsi - a meaningfully different dialect or simply a transliteration error? Without a source for the info, we have no way of knowing. So I say delete this info as redundant and unsourced and redirect the link to Numbers in various languages so future efforts/searches are coordinated with that list. No harm is done by deleting this unsourced info, as "Numbers in various languages" already contains an entry for Persian. - Pioneer-12 15:00, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

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