Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westernised Chinese language
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was nomination withdrawn with no !votes to delete, so WP:SK ground 1 applies. NAC—S Marshall Talk/Cont 20:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC) [reply]
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Given that this is the English language Wikipedia, an article about errors in the Chinese language (albeit committed by English-language speakers) that you have to read Chinese to understand does not seem appropriate. -- Boing! said Zebedee 09:07, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Will probably withdraw this nomination - see below -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Withdrawn - see below -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:55, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 09:56, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. We already have articles Chinese language and Barbarism (linguistics), and perhaps information in this article could be merged to one or both places. The topic could be an encyclopedic one, but the current article has no references. If notability can be established, then the article belongs in the English-language Wikipedia, in the same way that the English-language Wikipedia has articles on places where English is not the majority language. I would be interested in seeing an article about the varieties of spoken Chinese found outside China - that of the ethnic Chinese community in Jamaica, for example. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 09:56, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Hmm, yes, good point - as it is aimed at native-English speakers, I guess it does actually belong here. I'll probably withdraw my nomination, but I'll leave it for a little while to see if anyone else has anything to offer regarding notability -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Withdraw I was mistaken to nominate this article for the reason I gave, so I withdraw my nomination - I'll leave it to others to decide if there is any notability issue that needs addressing -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:55, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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