Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gibraltarian English


 * 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. (Non-administrator closure) Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 11:05, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Gibraltarian English

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This page has existed, apparently since 2009, without any meaningful additions being made. The entire article is two sentences long with only a single source (one whole book, without specific pages) cited. There is nothing notable about this idea outside of this singular source. Wolfdog (talk) 22:02, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge to Languages of Gibraltar. Funny that article don't delve much into English despite being the official language.  野狼院 ひさし  Hisashi Yarouin 06:23, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:57, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:57, 27 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep While true that the article hasn't seen much attention, and it is still mostly a stub, that does not mean it should necessarily be deleted or merged. Gibraltarian English is a separate dialect or possibly its own language (not clear how much it has morphed from dialect status to language status), and it has been studied historically by linguists. What's exciting for linguistics researchers is how Gibraltar, with its relatively long history (300+ years) of languages merging (Spanish, Andalusian, Yanito, English) plus languages from traders from the Mediterranean and elsewhere, plus its close contact with Africa, is like a linguistical melting pot, meaning it is an excellent place to study how phonemes and syntactical structure change over time. While the absolute number of speakers of Gibraltarian English is probably not substantial, since the population of Gibraltar is about 30,000, there are references here and here and here and here, suggesting the topic does meet the general notability guideline.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:20, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Struck above and Keep. Thanks for the breakdown and good fix. I have added links and mentions between the two articles because I still feel they are at core related quite closely.  野狼院 ひさし  Hisashi Yarouin 04:00, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  16:38, 3 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep per 's clear explanation. --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:57, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep The chapter in Levey seems quite adequate support. Andrew (talk) 12:45, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Meets GNG. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:31, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Tomwsulcer makes a compelling argument. TheOverflow (talk) 04:49, 5 September 2014 (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.