Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Jewish proverbs

Jewish proverbs
As a rule of thumb it is better to sort proverbs by language rather than ethnicity or religion. Also, this page only consists of one proverb. — Spannerjam (talk) 00:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 01:00, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I would delete this page as is, but on the broader point I would be inclined to disagree. There are dozens of books of Jewish proverbs, and for some of the actual proverbs, the language of origin is not really known, although the phrase continues to be passed down. It should therefore be fairly easy to confirm that a proverb is considered to be a "Jewish" proverb. If a substantial collection of these were to be put together, with sufficient support for each belonging on the page, I would have no objection to a page on this topic existing. BD2412 T 17:29, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, page is improving and shows promise. BD2412 T 15:36, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Can people participating in this VfD please check this version, before Spannerjam removed some legitimate and properly sourced quotes.--Collingwood (talk) 20:41, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * There's no reason you can't restore those quotes yourself (and properly format them). If this page had a half dozen or so quotes that were demonstrably Jewish proverbs, and sourced as being such, I'd change my vote. BD2412 T 23:34, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I did not "remove" those quotes. I moved them to pages where they better fit in, according to my opinion. --Spannerjam (talk) 05:08, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That is purely a semantic distinction. Quotes can be on multiple pages for multiple purposes. BD2412 T 12:30, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Jewish proverbs are not necessarily Hebrew ones. Mostly they would be in Palestinian or Babylonian Aramaic, Yiddish or Ladino.  I shall add a few more proverbs.--Abramsky (talk) 13:25, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep as improved. As a general rule, I would say that special care is needed to avoid spurious entries in proverb pages by ethnicity or religion. There should be reliable sources giving very credible attestation that the entries are considered proverbs of the identified groups. Compare the failed Canadian proverbs article, where the entries were not attested to be "Canadian" in origin or character, or the current Zen proverbs page, where the entries are not attested to be "proverbs" in the usual sense. Consider also that not all "language" groupings have equal basis in reality, as exemplified by the Klingon proverbs article. ~ Ningauble (talk) 16:29, 11 August 2012 (UTC)