Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of panethnicities


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 00:27, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

List of panethnicities

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 * Delete, Original research and WP:SYNTHESIS. Irānshahr (talk) 20:32, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * There is no original research. All of the cited figures and information come from the linked articles about each panethnicity. Goodsdrew (talk) 23:12, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * That is textbook WP:SYNTHESIS, which is WP:ORIGINALRESEARCH. There are no references to WP:VERIFY that X, Y, and Z are "panethnicities". The term "panethnicity" itself is a neologism. So this is basically a WP:FORK of List of language families, List of languages by total number of speakers, and List of ethnic groups. Irānshahr (talk) 00:14, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I've added references for all but one of the panethnicities. And the word "Panethnicity" is not a neologism. It has been in use since at least 1990--see, for example David Lopeza & Yen Espiritub, "Panethnicity in the United States: A theoretical framework," Ethnic and Racial Studies, 13:2, pp. 198-224, 1990. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodsdrew (talk • contribs) 16:30, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Quote the references to show that these groups are described as "panethnicities". I checked several and did not find the term used. If a source doesn't use the term "panethnicity", "pan-ethnicity", "panethnic", or "pan-ethnic" to describe a group, and you use it as a "reference", that constitutes WP:SYNTHESIS. See the other points raised on your talk page. Irānshahr (talk) 17:20, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:40, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:40, 28 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete as per WP:NOR.--Stormbay (talk) 02:59, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep references have been added, these are recognized panethnic categories--this is not original research.Goodsdrew (talk) 16:31, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Quote the references to show that these groups are described as "panethnicities". I checked several and did not find the term used. If a source doesn't use the term "panethnicity", "pan-ethnicity", "panethnic", or "pan-ethnic" to describe a group, and you use it as a "reference", that constitutes WP:SYNTHESIS. See the other points raised on your talk page. Irānshahr (talk) 17:20, 1 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Add proper references from independent third party sources in which the terms are properly named and used. The resolution of differences in opinion here can be resolved if such sources exist. Stormbay (talk) 17:52, 1 July 2013 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone  00:36, 6 July 2013 (UTC)




 * Delete The concept of Panethnicity is itself so vague that I don't think a list can be encyclopedic, even if sources say a group is one. Going by the Panethnicity article one person could be an "Arab", an "Asian-American", and a "white person" all at once. Kitfoxxe (talk) 17:01, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * So, keep the article Panethnicity. Improve it so it makes more sense to the readers, and has a more world-wide scope. Delete the list, but use the groups as examples in the article. No real need for statisics etc on each group. Kitfoxxe (talk) 17:03, 6 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. I think Kitfoxxe's point makes sense. The article panethnicity is not so long that information on how various groups have been considered panethnicities cannot be discussed there, without suggesting (as in this list) that they are non-overlapping, objective groups like List of language families. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 20:01, 6 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Panethnicity - no need for this now and nothing to merge, but it's a viable search term. Ansh666 22:21, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
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