Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English words of Irish origin


 * 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-admin close) Discussion has revealed precedent of etymologies as notable enough to support a WikiProject. Retaining and improving such a list is common practice. No consensus to delete. BusterD (talk) 17:40, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

List of English words of Irish origin

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Etymologies belong in a dictionary, delete per WP:NOT Gnevin (talk) 13:05, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment The article is one of a substantial set of articles under Category:Lists of English words of foreign origin and a smaller set under Category:Celtic loanwords. So while te article itself has been copied to Wiktionary, should it nonetheless be maintained here as part of these wider structures? AllyD (talk) 17:25, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * If the nominator's right to say we need to remove all the etymologies from Wikipedia, then someone had better tell WikiProject Etymology to go and get their coats. :)  But in fact, a consensus about this has already established in 2009, following User:Wolfkeeper's unsuccessful one-man crusade to purge the encyclopaedia of etymologies.  Discussions such as Articles for deletion/-logy or Articles for deletion/-onym have established that etymologies belong on Wikipedia.  I also want to say that AllyD's remarks are perceptive and relevant—Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin is also worth considering.— S Marshall  T/C 18:58, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  — —Tom Morris (talk) 19:24, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 23:45, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:48, 22 July 2011 (UTC)




 * Strong keep per Category:Lists of English words of foreign origin and because the influences on English of foreign languages is an eminently notable and encyclopedic topic, and this page is essentially a subset of that. ╟─ Treasury Tag ►  collectorate  ─╢ 11:28, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - As explained by TreasuryTag, see Category:Lists of English words of foreign origin. --Noleander (talk) 22:59, 22 July 2011 (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.