Prof tpms
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Please note that we go by usage, rather than by authoritative sources (except in etymologies). The srambia entry may not meet the requirements of our Criteria for inclusion, because there's very little evidence I can find of the word being actually used. I would encourage you to look for any examples you can find in durably-archived works such as books and newspapers and add them to the citations page for the entry. This does seem to be a real, if extremely rare, word, so I haven't challenged it myself, but anyone could. If it does get deleted, add the examples to the citations page anyway, and when there are enough, the page can be restored.
Also, your definition read more like an article than a dictionary definition, but that was easily fixed. Our requirements are different enough from those of Wikipedia that they can come as a shock to those who are expecting it to be that way here. Thanks! Chuck Entz (talk) 14:41, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you, Chuck Entz for the kind review. The word Srambia is widely used in Kerala even though it is not a Malayalam word. You will enjoy this one minute video even if you don't understand Malayalam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpgFig0DJdA
Regards, --Prof tpms (talk) 14:59, 5 January 2016 (UTC)