Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Djolé


 * 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 keep. John254 04:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Djolé

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Notability not asserted (and improbable, looking on Google/Google Scholar). Lea (talk) 05:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC) 
 * Keep. Refs added, article asserts that the dance has both history and popularity, and this is confirmed in the sources consulted. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not really convinced. The one reliable source only mentions it peripherically.  I've cleaned the article up a little, but the references are horrible, all specific references being (non-reliable) personal web pages. -- Lea (talk) 09:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've rescue-tagged it, perhaps someone else knows how to dig up more sources for this. -- Lea (talk) 09:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep for now - concur the single reliable source only gives a brief mention. However web searches for this topic aren't a good indicator of notability. Addhoc (talk) 12:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * But what is a notability indicator then? I can't find anything on Google Scholar or Google Books either, off the bat. -- Lea (talk) 17:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  22:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Can't we just assume good faith - that the author of the single RS wasn't making this up, and that there aren't likely to be many references to traditional African tribal dances on the internet? In any case, I found a ref to a USVC professor talking about Djole - surely she's not making it up as well? Mostlyharmless (talk) 23:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Whoops, just looked and I'd forgotten to press save! See current version. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I wasn't contesting that this dance exists, just that it's notable. Re USVC professor: I couldn't find it on Google right now and I believe you're not refering to one of the existing references — care to add the reference you found to the article (e.g. as a bullet under References [or just put it on the talk page])? -- Lea (talk) 14:50, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Although it's difficult to find super-reliable sources I have little reason to doubt those that are included and others that are found under the variant spellings. Given that this is a non-English term from a part of the world with limited internet resources, I'm willing to be more flexible in the interests of countering systemic bias. Looks real enough, and there are probably other resources that can be found by someone with access to offline references. --Dhartung | Talk 01:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn, given that we have a decent amount of sources now. -- Lea (talk) 14:50, 16 February 2008 (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.