Talk:bahasa Melayu

Nomination for deletion
The entry has been recently nominated for deletion for a second time. I think this entry deserves to stay by virtue of it being the generic term for the dialect continuum used in the Malay archipelago, despite it being a sum of parts entry, as this term needs to be distinguished from "Bahasa Malaysia" and "Bahasa Indonesia" which are later terms derived for nationalistic reasons.

There are other terms such as the following that better fulfill the criteria as a sum of parts entry:



Note that "" is the correct spelling for the term in the whereas "" is the correct spelling for the term in the. The first word is not considered a proper noun in standard Malay so "" is not capitalized unless it is used in the first word of a sentence. KevinUp (talk) 09:15, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Since there are differences in spelling, it might be better not to create separate entries such as "" for Indonesian and "" for standard Malay. KevinUp (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * This entry will now redirect back to "". Note that "" and "" currently redirects back to "" and "" respectively. This entry can be recreated if future editors are willing to create Indonesian entries for "" and "" (only English entries exist for these terms as of Sept 2018) as well as standard Malay entries for "" and "" with no redirection. KevinUp (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

RFD discussion: September–November 2018
SoP for both L2's. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 07:25, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. See Talk:bahasa Melayu. This term can be found in ten other Wiktionary sites. KevinUp (talk) 09:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Entry has been redirected to . See talk page for an in-depth discussion. KevinUp (talk) 17:28, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Compare WT:RFDN/names with bahasa from May 2017. For redirets compare WT:Redirections. -80.133.107.137 14:53, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Has been redirected some time ago. Per utramque cavernam 21:46, 26 November 2018 (UTC)