Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kashubian Americans


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The result was no consensus.  MBisanz  talk 02:42, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Kashubian Americans

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Bottom line is that this is a likely WP:FRINGE concept (ethnic group) that fails WP:GNG. This group has been discussed by amateur scholar Władysław Szulist (who has no pl wikipedia article, and is likely not notable). As far as I can tell (and I search for Polish term for this group too), nobody else has discussed this ethnic group, and the terms are not even used in passing and his work is virtually uncited. The publications are also very obscure: one book published by local museum, and one article is obscure Polish language minor academic journal. As such, this seems like a fringe theory - there is no academic consensus that this group exists (the few other sources used in the article are even worse, like someone's family's homepage). At best this may deserve a sentence or two in Kaszubians, so a soft delete and merge might be an option, through I am still unsure if Szulist work is reliable enough to be cited (it's rather borderline). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 13:58, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:16, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:16, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete we do not need articles advancing fringe theories on ethnicity.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:32, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. The term is used in passing in Chicago Churches and Synagogues: An Architectural Pilgrimage,George Lane, Loyola University Press, 1981; A Kashubian idiolect in the United States by Jan Louis Perkowski, Indiana University Press, 1969; Polish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin, 1995, page 5; and The Prayer of St. Hyacinth Parish, Detroit, Michigan ; Michael A. Krʹolewski, St. Hyacinth Parish, 1984. Ethnicities are generally notable. 4meter4 (talk) 19:43, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ミラP 17:01, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep If Kashubians is deemed to be an encyclopedic topic, then this should logically be kept as an appropriate WP:SPINOFF. StonyBrook (talk) 06:45, 24 October 2019 (UTC)


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