Talk:singular oasis of comparative civilization and organized society

RFD discussion: August–September 2023
Not a word. Apparently a quotation from a Raj official that has been quoted by some later authors.--Saranamd (talk) 06:21, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's a phrase as well as a popularly used term, to refer to the highly developed Meitei culture of Northeast India. If it's not a term made of 2-3 words, that does not mean it's not a word. Because there are many long terms like those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, those who will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay, those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it, good things come to those who wait, hello yourself, and see how you like it, etc. in English wiktionary. People who are not familiar with Northeast Indian region may not be aware of the term. It's quoted but it's not a sentence but used as a part of different sentences (stories, description, articles) in a phrasal way. It will be helpful for readers and learners in future. Haoreima (talk) 07:21, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, seems more like a description than an actual synonym and word. - Sarilho1 (talk) 08:56, 16 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete. All but one of the citations are meant and indicated as quotations—most of them ascribed to Lyall in the same sentence, too—so it is not being used idiomatically. (The Frazer citation, meanwhile, is also from the Lyall letter, which he footnotes—it's just a close paraphrase.) Also, none of these citations use the phrase to mean the Meitei civilisation, it is just being predicated of them. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 08:57, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above-stated reasons. I've added Lyall's original quotation to congeries for posterity. Voltaigne (talk) 17:07, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above. PUC – 20:43, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  19:16, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. - -sche (discuss) 16:12, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Deleted. PUC – 13:34, 17 September 2023 (UTC)