Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Europanto


 * 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.  Sandstein  21:07, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Europanto

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Unnotable language joke Bulwersator (talk) 04:41, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: My conclusion is exactly the same as the nominator's: a non-notable language joke of zero encyclopedic value. Google search turned up nothing indicating that the joke is significant or notable in any way. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 11:44, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 30 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete: Fails WP:N. SL93 (talk) 23:10, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: Other jokes and hoaxes have a place on Wikipedia, such as the Spaghetti tree hoax. It was at one time notable enough to warrant expected inclusion in ISO 639-3.  It has lost notability, perhaps, but so has Lingua Ignota - indeed, that language's article says "The purpose of Lingua Ignota is unknown; nor do we know who besides its creator was familiar with it."  Perhaps someday the columns on the subject of Europanto will be regarded the same way the Lingua Ignota text is.  And from a more personal (and less Wikipedian) perspective, Europanto is of linguistic interest when considering how speakers of European languages, when lacking a common tongue, communicate; as the BBC noted, it has "huge potential" even if not trying to be the new Esperanto. This makes it extremely interesting to those of us with linguistic backgrounds, and I would like to see it kept. -Etoile ✩ (talk) 14:50, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:GNG, WP:PERSISTENCE. -- Trevj (talk) 14:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 19:42, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

 Keep - per others. ThereFOUR (talk) 12:17, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Even though the language is a load of cobblers, it's quite a notable load of cobblers. (Reminds me somewhat of a conversation I heard in France between two Englishmen who both thought the other was French...) We do have articles on quite a lot of stuff that in itself is junk, but which has coverage. Peridon (talk) 21:26, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNN - Other junk does not justify this junk. BO ; talk 18:01, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable constructed language. IJA (talk) 21:58, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG and per nominator. ThereFOUR (talk) 10:50, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, → B  music  ian  09:47, 15 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - the online sources identified by Trevj, particularly the BBC and la Republica articles, convince me this made-up language has been widely noticed. Sionk (talk) 12:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable with coverage in a variety of reliable sources over a long period of time. Coverage of hoaxes and jokes is permitted providing they have such coverage. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:32, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Just listening to a BBC Radio 3 interview with the creator of this language (programme Night Waves - available for seven days via BBC iPlayer). Peridon (talk) 21:21, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: Marani's book and newspaper column would seems to make this language noteworthy. TimDuncan (talk) 21:46, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: I came to this article after searching for it while listening to a BBC Radio 3 podcast with Diego Marani, concerning the novel he has published in Europanto. Besides that evidence of notability, the ISO code for this invented language, even though it has been revoked, argues for this historical notability of the topic. Even after Europanto no longer attracts media attention, readers of ISO documents will wonder what "Europanto" means. They should be able to find an answer in Wikipedia. — ℜob C. alias &Agrave;LAROB  16:11, 22 May 2012 (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.