Commons:Deletion requests/ဘီဘီစီ
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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.
Non-English page name, seems to serve no purpose, redirect only Cnbrb (talk) 13:01, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
- Comment: Aren't redirect titles not limited to English? The idea is to redirect this to the name of the BBC, which does operate websites in Indian languages. WhisperToMe (talk) 10:45, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- Oh, maybe. I don't know, it just looked odd to me. If it actually serves a purpose, I'll happily withdraw the nomination. Cnbrb (talk) 14:49, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- I don't know how to formally withdraw the delete request, but consider it withdrawn. Cnbrb (talk) 22:38, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- Comment 2: Turns out this is Burmese for BBC - See my:ဘီဘီစီ - Burma was once a part of the British Empire, ruled as part of the British Raj and later separately. WhisperToMe (talk) 13:48, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
- It's not really about the old Empire. There is a long-established BBC Burmese service, and BBC World Service actually broadcasts in over 40 languages. However, I'm not clear why there is a special Burmese redirect and none in any of the other languages. If Commons is to cater for a multilingual world, do we have to set up non-English redirects for all categories in all languages? Kind of sets a difficult precedent, doesn't it? Cnbrb (talk) 09:36, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Cnbrb: I think because languages using Latin as a script (and even some of those that don't) use "BBC" anyway, but the Wikipedia articles in some East Asian, Eastern European (Cyrillic), Middle East/North African, South Asian and Southeast Asian languages use other titles. Looking through the list of articles about the BBC by language shows what it's called in each language. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
- I went ahead and started adding Gujarati, Arabic, Amharic, Chinese, Japanese, etc. redirects WhisperToMe (talk) 20:25, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Cnbrb: I think because languages using Latin as a script (and even some of those that don't) use "BBC" anyway, but the Wikipedia articles in some East Asian, Eastern European (Cyrillic), Middle East/North African, South Asian and Southeast Asian languages use other titles. Looking through the list of articles about the BBC by language shows what it's called in each language. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
- It's not really about the old Empire. There is a long-established BBC Burmese service, and BBC World Service actually broadcasts in over 40 languages. However, I'm not clear why there is a special Burmese redirect and none in any of the other languages. If Commons is to cater for a multilingual world, do we have to set up non-English redirects for all categories in all languages? Kind of sets a difficult precedent, doesn't it? Cnbrb (talk) 09:36, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Kept: no valid reason for deletion. --Ronhjones (Talk) 00:38, 3 March 2019 (UTC)