Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Longest English sentence


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The result was keep. John254 22:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Longest English sentence

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Appears to be mostly original reasearch, and I really don't see any notability for a single entry in the Guiness Book of Records. Orphaned as well. Bringing to AfD simply becuase of how long the article has existed - created in 2003. Resolute 16:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep but clean up. Most of the claims are sourceable, but they are just claims. There is coverage of the concept as being undefinable in several books, and our article should be based on that, with a list being supplementary rather than definitive. --Dhartung | Talk 16:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I have done some cleanup and added a reliable source. Colonel Warden (talk) 16:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Is there any article this could be merged into? -- neon white user page talk 17:29, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep why merge, its a distinct topic. DGG (talk) 18:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Nice little article. Good start on the references. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 20:21, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Seems like it's been saved - needs even more cleanup, but it's not OR anymore, and cited pretty well. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 22:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Encyclopedic topic with a number of reliable sources. PeterSymonds  (talk)  22:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Referenced and notable. —  Wen li  (reply here) 04:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete "there may be no absolute limit"? "at least one linguistics textbook"? No, I'm fairly sure it is the general consensus of linguists that there is definitely no such thing as "the longest English sentence", and the very suggestion that there could be one is ridiculous. The very sources the article cites say so. --Ptcamn (talk) 23:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * In its current state, however, the article seems to be about the longest attested English sentence (which certainly does exist somewhere and can be theoretically be verified), not the longest possible English sentence (which thanks to recursion cannot exist). —Angr 13:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't see how you can come to that conclusion. The first section of the article is all about syntax. The last, unreferenced paragraph is about attested sentences, and it hints at the silliness of defining "sentence" as "anything between a pair of full stops". If it was rewritten to genuinely be about the longest attested "sentence", there wouldn't be much of an article left (not that there's much of one now). --Ptcamn (talk) 13:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep; Enough references have been given, valid topic.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 13:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


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