Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bosniak Canadian


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The result was delete. &mdash; Nearly Headless Nick   {C}  11:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Bosniak Canadian

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This appears to be a neologism; a Google search for "Bosniak Canadian" results in only two unique examples (four unique pages, three of which contain the same sentence). The article was WP:PRODed and as a result several "external links" were added ostensibly as sources, but only one of the websites actually contains the term "Bosniak Canadian", and then only on a single unique page (CNAB goals).

I hasten to say that I do not dispute that there are indeed Bosniaks in Canada. However, it seems clear that the group is not notable enough to have any sources outside a single mention on the CNAB website, and even that website says nothing about Bosniak Canadians in particular except for the fact that they exist. There just doesn't seem to be enough published information out there to satisfy the notability and verifiability guidelines for a Wikipedia article. On the other hand, there does seem to be a lot of information on Bosnian Canadians, which is a superset of Bosniak Canadians. I would hazard to guess that almost anything encyclopedic about Bosnian Canadians would also apply to Bosniak Canadians. —Psychonaut 21:53, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment, neutral - there are >300 unique ghits for the term "Bosnian Canadian". -- Black Falcon 03:57, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not a notable subject at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.115.192 (talk • contribs) 04:41, February 11, 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom, and clearly WP:NEO // Laughing Man 06:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --MaNeMeBasat 07:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - I am Bosniak Canadian. It is ridicolous for you to deny my identity. Although it is not a notable subject, it does deserve to be included in wikipedia (see here). Do whatever you want to do. Go ahead and erase this name from encyclopedia. But you can't erase me. On the last Canadian population census I declared myself as Bosniak and my Bosniak Canadian identity is there to stay. Cheers. Bosniak 03:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Bosniak, did you miss the part of my nomination where I said "I do not dispute that there are indeed Bosniaks in Canada"? I am not denying anyone's identity.  With this in mind, could you address the actual arguments of the nomination respecting the WP:V, WP:N, and WP:NEO policies?  —Psychonaut 11:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Bosniaks (or Bosniak diaspora once it's written) or keep after rewrite. The article is now a dicdef, more or less. I don't mind having a separate article in principle, but nothing in the article suggest that they stand out of numerous immigrant/ethnic groups. On the other hand, I'm surprised that no one has found e.g. this as a source. As for the title, it can be sorted out (although "Bosnian Canadians" may have a greater prominence, note that only Bosniaks tend to preserve the epithet "Bosnian" in diaspora, so the current one is more accurate.) Duja ► 13:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom Usedup 04:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.