Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eàrlaid

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:27, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Eàrlaid

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One obscure reference in a very old Gaelic-English dictionary, I don't see much else which suggests this is a notable term. Even if it is, we need more references to verify it. Even if we can verify it, WP is not a dictionary WP:NOTDICTIONARY JMWt (talk) 08:55, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: United Kingdom and Scotland. JMWt (talk) 08:55, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Farming in Scotland? Oaktree b (talk) 15:22, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Jstor has 2 hits in obscure sources. And small mentions in gbooks but not enough to meet GNG. LibStar (talk) 16:15, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Additional thoughts on redirecting?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:20, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:DICDEF indeed, and that in Gaelic. If you're looking for a redirect, then perhaps History of agriculture in Scotland, but there's no discussion of this land ownership arrangement there - maybe Sharecropping? Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 16:08, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If this could be verified as a legal concept I would advocate a merge to Scots property law. In the absence of competent legal sources I would be tempted to redirect to List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin, which currently contains it -- but I'm not sure that it verifiably should, as it's not clear to me that it's actually been used as an English or even Scots term. It's always a shame to lose content, but I'm not seeing enough encyclopedic value here to get too fussed about it. -- Visviva (talk) 22:16, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.