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The result was '''Transwikify to Wikisource.'''. '''[[User:Tone|Tone]]''' 14:03, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
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*'''Transwikify''' to Wikisource, and provide a sister project link to it in [[Behistun Inscription]]. [[User:Spinningspark|<b style="background:#FAFAD2;color:#C08000">Spinning</b>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<b style="color:#4840A0">Spark</b>]] 13:09, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
*'''Transwikify''' to Wikisource, and provide a sister project link to it in [[Behistun Inscription]]. [[User:Spinningspark|<b style="background:#FAFAD2;color:#C08000">Spinning</b>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<b style="color:#4840A0">Spark</b>]] 13:09, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
*'''Transwikify''' -- The inscription is an important historical source, so that the article on it should certainly be kept, but the translation belongs in Wikisource, not WP. [[User:Peterkingiron|Peterkingiron]] ([[User talk:Peterkingiron|talk]]) 15:07, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
*'''Transwikify''' -- The inscription is an important historical source, so that the article on it should certainly be kept, but the translation belongs in Wikisource, not WP. [[User:Peterkingiron|Peterkingiron]] ([[User talk:Peterkingiron|talk]]) 15:07, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' :: see User:RobDuch 's message above "''this should not be buried on Wikisource''"; and, as well as being a source, (now that it has been translated into English and given links and section titles) it stands fairly well as a Wikipedia article about part of Achaemenid Persian history, even though its author lived over 2000 years before computers or the internet or Wikipedia. King Darius referring to himself as "I" can be excused. The WIkisource version does not have the added notes. and secrion headings etc. [[User:Anthony Appleyard|Anthony Appleyard]] ([[User talk:Anthony Appleyard|talk]]) 06:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
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This is a really useful resource, but it ought to be on wikisource (which I don't think existed when the page was created), not on WP. Furius (talk) 10:43, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 11:03, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Transwikify to Wikisource, and provide a sister project link to it in Behistun Inscription. SpinningSpark 13:09, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Transwikify -- The inscription is an important historical source, so that the article on it should certainly be kept, but the translation belongs in Wikisource, not WP. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:07, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep :: see User:RobDuch 's message above "this should not be buried on Wikisource"; and, as well as being a source, (now that it has been translated into English and given links and section titles) it stands fairly well as a Wikipedia article about part of Achaemenid Persian history, even though its author lived over 2000 years before computers or the internet or Wikipedia. King Darius referring to himself as "I" can be excused. The WIkisource version does not have the added notes. and secrion headings etc. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]