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The result was delete--Ymblanter (talk) 07:20, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Udaiyaathathu[edit]

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This is WP:OR. No scholarly sources exist for this supposed Southeast Asian poetic form. A few self published sources (by some Singapore based poets) seem to be talking about it, but that's all. Delete, as no reliable sources exist. Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:14, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment: I think this calls for someone who understands Sanskrit; at least, I assume the word has its origins there. It could be that the spelling of this transliteration is incorrect, thereby making it difficult to find anything. I'll see if I can find a Sanskrit-speaking Wikipedian. - HyperGaruda (talk) 05:49, 5 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Yes, the name seems to be Sanskrit or Tamil. But from what I managed to gather, it was a group of Singaporean poets who have invented this form recently (for a poetry event). It is unclear if this is really an "ancient poetic form". For all I know, this could be an art project. I had nominated a similar article previously. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liwuli --Lemongirl942 (talk) 04:47, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It does look like an odd transcription of a Sanskrit term, but I'm finding it impossible to parse (I've tried quite a few combinations but the dictionary doesn't return anything meaningful. There might be a Sanskrit word underlying this, and I'm not seeing this merely because I know nothing about the way Sanskrit words get phonologically adapted into Southeast Asian languages.) Uanfala (talk) 21:23, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: I agree now; it is rather suspicious that the oldest hit on Google is a Facebook post from 21 April 2016 (same as this page's creation date). Under the current title -which is probably incorrectly spelled or even made up- the subject fails WP:GNG, so even in the unlikely case that the subject is notable, this title does not need to be kept. - HyperGaruda (talk) 20:52, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as I myself reviewed and tagged it for improvements to be made....but none have happened and searches noticeably found nothing. Usually these subjects are challenging to improve but there's certainly enough to suggest no lifelines for these at all at this time. SwisterTwister talk 23:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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