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Lakana

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Lakana (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Lakana presents this term as representing a specific type of watercraft (an outrigger canoe) with a specific type of rig (the "downwind" mastless rig that is supported between two sprits). This specific type of craft does exist – it is shown in the photo illustrating the article. However, in Malagasy, as far as I can determine, the word "Lakana" is any type of canoe, with or without outriggers, with or without a sailing rig, and certainly not confined to just one type of sailing rig. This is clear from the reference in the article
Hornell, James (1920). "67. The Common Origin of the Outrigger Canoes of Madagascar and East Africa". Man. 20: 134–139. doi:10.2307/2839454. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
which has a translation provided by a colonial administrator confirming that "lakana" is not a specific type of canoe, but a canoe (or boat) in general. Hornell is still seen as a useful authority on the ethnography of sailing craft in the areas in which he worked. If the word applied to a particular hull and rig combination, he would have picked up on this.

I have asked for help on the Wikiproject Madagascar[1] with no result. Therefore, I think we have to conclude that these concerns about the article are correct. If "lakana" is a much broader term than the article suggests, if we do not the name of the type of craft that the article describes (I can find no source that makes this clear), then the only option is to delete the article as unsupported by sources.

In passing, it is worth saying that I have come to the conclusion that though the subject of traditional sailing craft in Madagascar would make a very interesting (to me) article on Wikipedia, there simply are not sufficient sources to do the subject justice. This is after some considerable searching. (It would be great to be proved wrong in this.) ThoughtIdRetired TIR 13:20, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment. In terms of:
  • Scope. To my read, the article doesn't state (at least not directly as interpreted by the nominator) that the article "presents this term as representing a specific type of watercraft (an outrigger canoe [of Madagascar]) with a specific type of rig". Rather it states (as would appear to be supported by Hornell (1920; p.138) and Richardson (1887; p.345)) that the Lakana is (yes) a specific type of watercraft. Being an outrigger canoe. That is "dug out". Rather than "built". IE: A "specific type of watercraft (a dugout outrigger canoe [of Madagascar])". Which is supported by Richardson in particular. Yes, the article mentions different types of rigging. But I don't read it as stating that the rigging type is part of the definition/classification. If that is unclear, I would suggest that we clarify or change the text. Rather than delete the article.
  • Sources. To my mind, there are sufficient sources (including the two above) to support some text about the subject. Being a type of dugout outrigger traditionally used in Madagascar. Even if just as a sub-set / sub-section of the Pirogue article. Which appears to cover the "generic" class of small dugout canoe. Globally. With a redirect left behind. To a subsection on the Madagascan type.
  • Suggested action. If the issues with the title are scope (including clarity of the text) or sources (reflecting them), I'm not sure that outright deletion is the right way to go. Deletion isn't cleanup. At the very least, a merge/redirect seems like the way to go. To Pirogue. Leaving out any "questionable" or potentially confusing text.
My 2x cents at any rate. Guliolopez (talk) 19:24, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment.
  • Translation: The key issue is whether Lakana is a term for "outrigger canoes which are based on a dugout hull" or if it applies to "any dugout canoe". The two sources discussed above seem to give the definition of an unqualified "dugout canoe". At present the article is solely about the outrigger version. To assist in decision-making on the meaning, see this video[2] with the caption "Miandry ny lakana miampita" which google translates as "The boat is waiting to cross". We can see there is no outrigger. (Whilst OR is not allowed for article content, there is no prohibition on using it to help understand a subject.) The boat in the video is very different from the seagoing outrigger canoes.
  • What makes this more difficult is the knowledge that the Vezo make use of outrigger canoes with a distinctive common spritsail rig (as defined by Edwin Doran [3], pg 40, fig 21, drawing B) that is not described, in Madagascar, by Hornell or anyone else. (Hornell describes this rig in the neighbouring Comoro Islands[4]) A Vezo boat is the one illustrating the Pirogue article – but there is no RS that identifies the rig type. And, of course, Commons has no obligation for its descriptions of pictures to be supported by an RS. This might contribute to the impetus for deletion in this editor's mind (as proposer), as there is a very common class of Madagascan dugout outrigger canoe that is totally undescribed in RSs, so making the subject incomplete. (See youtube[5] for these Vezo craft under sail, which is something that most believe Hornell never saw). All I have to back this thought up is some private correspondence with a researcher on Austronesian rigs – so essentially WP:OR.
  • If I understand User:Guliolopez correctly, their suggestion would mean a complete rewrite of the article to fit the sources and then merge it into Pirogue. That would fit with the intent behind the proposal: that we do not really have enough sourced material for an article on the Lakana on its own. Have I got this correct? ThoughtIdRetired TIR 21:07, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reply. Hi ThoughtIdRetired. RE: "suggestion would mean a complete rewrite of the article to fit the sources and then merge it into Pirogue". Effectively, yes, I think that's probably the most appropriate outcome. Retain the title. As a redirect. And summarise and merge the content/text (about the Lakana being a form of Pirogue/dugout traditionally associated with Madagascar) into the Pirogue article. Guliolopez (talk) 14:00, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. (Note: prior to the AfD nomination, I had suggested to the nominator that they put this up for deletion.) My take on the current sources etc. is that none of them indicate that the lakana is anything other than the Malagasy for a canoe. My interpretation of each source etc. below:
    • "The lateen rig allows a lakana to sail closer to the wind, so giving some windward performance.[1]”
      • My interpretation: Doesn't indicate that the lakana is something different.
    • "The boat is often referred to by the general French term "pirogue", which can include boats with no outriggers.[2]"
      • My interpretation: “general French term” suggests there's nothing special about the lakana.
    • “The technology was adapted in neighboring East Africa, like the Tanzanian ngalawa and the Fulani laana.[3][4]”
      • My interpretation: Can't access these sources, but the Wikipedia wording suggests that there are similar craft elsewhere - i.e. there's nothing peculiar to Madagascar about these.
    • “some locals prefer the Hazomalany wood (Hazomalania voyronii of the family of Hernandiaceae).[5]”
      • My interpretation: Doesn't indicate that the lakana is something different.
    • Hornell, James (September 1920). “The Common Origin of the Outrigger Canoes of Madagascar and East Africa”
      • My interpretation: Only indicates that “lakana” is simply the Malagasy for “canoe”.
    • Richardson, J (December 1887). “The Affinities Of Malagasy With The Melanesian Languages”
      • My interpretation: Only indicates that “lakana” is simply the Malagasy for “canoe”.
    • “An Austronesian square-sail is more common (e.g. in Ambaro Bay).[a]”
      • My interpretation: Doesn't indicate that the lakana is something different.
--A bit iffy (talk) 17:48, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Genocide of the Ingrian Finns

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Genocide of the Ingrian Finns (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:POVFORK of Deportations of the Ingrian Finns. Both articles cover the very same topic. Mellk (talk) 16:35, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: Perhaps merging the two would be warranted, but I feel an article of this name has potential. Teaching in Finnish and Izhorian was also banned as the deportations were occurring, and the Forbidden Border Zone was established during that time as well. I'll admit I don't know much about the subject beyond that though. Arctic Circle System (talk) 16:44, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not see what there is to merge. The newer article only consists of a background section and aftermath section. Mellk (talk) 17:19, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, it appears I missed this. I mean merge the two articles under the name Genocide of the Ingrian Finns, primarily covering the deportations, but expanding on the repression of Finnish and Izhorian-language teaching, the repression of Ingrian religious institutions and intelligentsia, and the destruction of Ingria as a historical region? Expanding a combined article would likely take a long time, however. Arctic Circle System (talk) 23:12, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Deportations were an instrument of the genocide, so the deportation article could be merge to this one perhaps? Velivieras (talk) 10:43, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is WP:RM for this. Mellk (talk) 17:19, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Mellk, @Skynxnex, @Velivieras: Then perhaps this discussion should be moved to the merge request board? Arctic Circle System (talk) 23:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Geographical distribution of Slavic population

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Geographical distribution of Slavic population (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Multiple issues: WP:LISTCRUFT, WP:OR, WP:SYNTH, and insufficient sourcing. Incomplete presentation of statistics already duplicated in other articles. Florificapis (talk) 03:13, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sinduria (caste)

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Sinduria (caste) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This article is copied from Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha and it has been mixed with two castes i.e. Bania and Kayastha. Both are different castes. Kayastha are considered higher and forward and they are unrelated to Bania. Moreover, the article is an orphan as well as completely uncited! TheProEditor11 (talk) 04:34, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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