Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anglo-Scot


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The result was   redirect to Anglo. v/r - TP 00:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Anglo-Scot

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This should be deleted as phooey, that will only ever be phooey.

OK, the term exists. It is used a fair amount, with absolutely no consistency, to denote something or someone that the speaker thinks is a bit English and a bit Scottish. But that's all dicdef, and covered by WP:NOT and wiktionary.

As for the rest, it is just (and could only ever be rewritten to be) original research, and highly subjective POV. Just look at the weasel wording Blair and Cameron could be described as "anglo-Scots" - well, yes, but you can describe anyone as anything you like. If I've got an English great-granny on my mum's side, I could be described as Anglo-Scots - but then I could be described as English too if that floats your boat.

"An estimated 9-10% of people living in Scotland were born in England". So, bloody, what? There's a bunch of English people resident in Scotland? There's a bunch of Scots whose parents were working in England at the time of their birth. Few, if any, of these people would self-describe as Anglo-Scots. Some will call themselves Scots, some English, and a few British.

Can anyone give me any verifiable facts that could be included in this article, which don't amount to a dic-def? Scott Mac 14:07, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This is a plausible search term. I agree that there are concerns about the existing content, but I would imagine we can do better for our end-users than a redlink.  Things to think about: I observe that wikt:Anglo-Scot is a redlink, and I see that we have a category:Anglo-Scots.— S Marshall  T/C 15:11, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.  —AllyD (talk) 17:06, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * redirect to Anglo, I suppose. The article is likely only ever to be a discursive dictionary definition reflecting various people's views. I thought the term had a rather specific meaning (hint Alec Douglas-Home), somewhat like Anglo-Irish, but it seems I am wrong. The term is not in my Oxford English Dictionary except by analogy with an example, Anglo-Danish, under anglo-   Finally, a less disdainful nomination would have been more appropriate. Thincat (talk) 21:07, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 19:55, 12 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment If the term is used with lots of different meanings that no one can agree on (see for a partial set of examples), presumably it should be a disambiguation page pointing users to the possible meanings. cab (call) 02:26, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The meaning is quite clear. It is someone or something believed by the speaker to have a significant origin in both Scotland and England. But that's just a dicdef. Who or what deserves the title is entirely subjective and not neutrally documentable.--Scott Mac 11:33, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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