Wiktionary talk:Frequency lists/A Frequency Dictionary of Persian

RFD discussion: November 2023
Please do not delete this gem of a page - it has been a great help for many Persian-students I know - especially considering Persian words do not have short vowels included normally - but they are included here, which is very helpful.
 * Apparently the issue with this page was that it was suspected of being a copyright violation. I'll invite to comment here. This, that and the other (talk) 05:49, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Apparently there's a CD with the full text in tab-delimited text format and this is a version with only the first 3 columns of that data. As far as I can tell from the text on Google Books, it's a character-for-character copy of the words and their transliterations. It's one thing to have something like this for personal use, but sharing it with the world under a Creative Commons license just isn't going to fly. It may seem not seem like the kind of creative work that would be copyrightable, but there's such a thing as a compilation copyright: while any given line may not be copyrightable, the list in its entirety is- and we seem to have reproduced all of it. It would be nice to offer this for free, but it doesn't belong to us and the authors and publishers have a right to charge for it. For those who need it, they can buy the book and/or CD. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:22, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and deleted it. We can always restore it if we change our minds- and if the WMF legal team will let us. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:26, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * , since this is a legal matter. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:33, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @This, that and the other Indeed, it appears to be a verbatim copy of a copyrighted work. @Omecomec, Whilst it is regrettable that this will no longer be able to be used by students, this project must hold itself to higher standards than any of us may wish to adopt in our private lives. If you are a Persian speaker yourself, I encourage you to expand on our existing lists. I unfortunately do not have time at the moment but you could consider taking a wordlist from the Wortschatz Leipzig project and adding short vowel markings. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need some pointers. That way we can ensure the results of our efforts can be released under a Creative Commons licence. Helrasincke (talk) 10:56, 14 November 2023 (UTC)