Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/German youth language


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The result was keep.  Sandstein  07:29, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

German youth language

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WP:SYNTH and likely an A10 duplication of something - This is a translation of de:Jugendsprache, a generic page on "youth language", enhanced by a horde of IP editors, with the word "German" thrown in a lot. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 04:43, 26 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. It seems to be notable. Benjamin (talk) 05:01, 26 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 06:47, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 06:47, 26 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep, per the Google scholar search Benjamin has provided, this subject appears to get plenty of coverage in academic sources. signed,Rosguill talk 07:40, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree this appears generic at first glance, but beyond the lede is actually quite specific to German youth slang. Well okay, about 3/4 of "Characteristics" is waffle and could go. It doesn't help that like with everything ported from dewiki, it's weak on inline cites, but the sources are present. - If already covered elsewhere, I'm not seeing that? -- Elmidae (talk · contribs)
 * Comment and objections. The problem is that the sources are about "youth language" and are written in German, they're not about "German youth language" as far as I can tell.  IT IS WP:SYNTH to assume that the German-language sources are talking about German language teens simply because they are in German.  I know there isn't a rule requiring English sources - but unless one is found, I will continue to believe this is a mix of "unsourced slang", and scholarly papers that aren't intended to be specifically about German but simply get the word "German" thrown in a bunch during bad translations to English.  It is as if I translated Youth culture into French and called the article "American youth culture", claiming that "in English speaking countries, there are many distinct and constantly changing youth subcultures".  IT IS WP:SYNTH. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 16:57, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Based on the article text: all the stuff in "Features", which is the meat of the article, is specific to German. Based on the sources: refs 2-6 are also German-specific - clear from short title for all but #3, and that is given in more detail under "Sources" as a chapter of "Die deutsche Sprache zur Jahrtausendwende". The only ref likely to be generic is #1. Really, this looks topical enough. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)


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