Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Languages of European leaders


 * 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 delete. Liz Read! Talk! 15:49, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Languages of European leaders

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Mainly WP:OR for a topic which has received little or no attention as a group. The "no"s are unreferenced and often incorrect (De Croo speaks German, Macron speaks some German) and in many cases a simple yes/no is insufficient (people may be able to read or understand a language, but not comfortable or fluent enough to speak it publicly). Fram (talk) 10:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Language,  and Europe. Fram (talk) 10:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment somwhat conflicted here - grounds for TNT, no doubt there is abundant OR. However, mistakes can be rectified (Aliyev speaks Russian; why no Putin? who's fluent in German). There's is sourcing to cover the issue of world leaders and second languages (eg  ) so there's an argument that NLIST can be satisfied...possibly a selective merge to List of multilingual world leaders? Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 11:47, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Putin speaks English and German. Thiscouldbeauser (talk) 20:36, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think List of multilingual world leaders might work better, actually. Thiscouldbeauser (talk) 20:37, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Fails WP:NLIST. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:04, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete while what's here may be actual facts I just don't see the utility of this article. The information could be added to the articles for these people. Lamona (talk) 16:58, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: A conglomerate of sources, none of which deal with the subject, is synthesis which is original research. -- Otr500 (talk) 22:05, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong delete, not only is this WP:SYN, it's also basically unverifiable, as your average Englishman and Belgian are likely to have very different working definitions of "can speak" which is exacerbated by collating self-published proclamations of individuals' abilities. Charles III claiming to speak Welsh just because he did a speech at a castle half a century ago is a very different "fact" from Alexander de Croo claiming not to speak German (if indeed he does claim that). With that in mind the list is misleading and not particularly informative. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 10:37, 24 January 2023 (UTC)


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