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Comment I do not see any problem in having an article as well as a list - eg, there is an article on
English poetry (poetry from the United Kingdom written in the English language), and a
List of English-language poets, and probably there could be (if there aren't already) an article on
Poetry in the United Kingdom or
Poets of the United Kingdom (which included other languages), and a
List of poets from the United Kingdom. (And there's
National poetry, "a list of articles about poetry in a single language or produced by a single nation.") In this case, the scope of the
List of Sindhi-language poets is actually different from this article about
Poets of Sindh, because not all the Poets of Sindh write in Sindhi. However, the current article on Poets of Sindh appears to be a
List of poets of Sindh, not an article about them. If it was an article, it should organise them by themes like period, language, style, etc, and say something about each period, etc. As a list, it should surely be systematically organised - the current contents are semi-alphabetical (sometimes by the name placed first, sometimes by the name placed last, and sometimes completely out of order). So as it is, it does not seem very useful (though I know AfD is not supposed to be about the quality of the article, it would seem useful to either be an article or be a list). As to whether the topic is notable - there seem to be plenty of sources about eg Sufi poets of Sindh, Persian poets of Sindh, mystic poets of Sindh, classical poets of Sindh, suggesting that an article or list of Poets of Sindh could be divided into those topics. The book Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Other Sufi Poets of Pakistani Languages (comes up on a google search, but no preview) says "Many prominent poets of Sindh have produced, besides Sindhi and Persian, Urdu poetry also", also suggesting possible divisions for an article on Poets of Sindh. But while the topic does appear notable, I am not sure if this article/list is worth keeping.
RebeccaGreen (
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09:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)reply
I endorse RebeccaGreen's very sensible and pertinent comments. The current content is not an article but a list; it's poorly but not wholly uncited; the topic is surely notable; and it could be made into a list and structured into Sindhi, Persian, and Urdu sections. The existing
List of Sindhi-language poets could then be merged into the Sindhi section. Just my tuppence worth.
Chiswick Chap (
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11:48, 13 December 2018 (UTC)reply
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Comment I do not see any problem in having an article as well as a list - eg, there is an article on
English poetry (poetry from the United Kingdom written in the English language), and a
List of English-language poets, and probably there could be (if there aren't already) an article on
Poetry in the United Kingdom or
Poets of the United Kingdom (which included other languages), and a
List of poets from the United Kingdom. (And there's
National poetry, "a list of articles about poetry in a single language or produced by a single nation.") In this case, the scope of the
List of Sindhi-language poets is actually different from this article about
Poets of Sindh, because not all the Poets of Sindh write in Sindhi. However, the current article on Poets of Sindh appears to be a
List of poets of Sindh, not an article about them. If it was an article, it should organise them by themes like period, language, style, etc, and say something about each period, etc. As a list, it should surely be systematically organised - the current contents are semi-alphabetical (sometimes by the name placed first, sometimes by the name placed last, and sometimes completely out of order). So as it is, it does not seem very useful (though I know AfD is not supposed to be about the quality of the article, it would seem useful to either be an article or be a list). As to whether the topic is notable - there seem to be plenty of sources about eg Sufi poets of Sindh, Persian poets of Sindh, mystic poets of Sindh, classical poets of Sindh, suggesting that an article or list of Poets of Sindh could be divided into those topics. The book Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Other Sufi Poets of Pakistani Languages (comes up on a google search, but no preview) says "Many prominent poets of Sindh have produced, besides Sindhi and Persian, Urdu poetry also", also suggesting possible divisions for an article on Poets of Sindh. But while the topic does appear notable, I am not sure if this article/list is worth keeping.
RebeccaGreen (
talk)
09:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)reply
I endorse RebeccaGreen's very sensible and pertinent comments. The current content is not an article but a list; it's poorly but not wholly uncited; the topic is surely notable; and it could be made into a list and structured into Sindhi, Persian, and Urdu sections. The existing
List of Sindhi-language poets could then be merged into the Sindhi section. Just my tuppence worth.
Chiswick Chap (
talk)
11:48, 13 December 2018 (UTC)reply
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