Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mashaka dialect


 * 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. The editors who have examined the sources have found them lacking in the light of WP:V. I am not able to understand the arguments advanced in the defense of the article, as they seem to pertain mostly to other languages and general issues in African linguistics, rather than to this article.  Sandstein  09:45, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Mashaka dialect

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Potentially fails WP:GNG language or dialect wise. Perhaps I am incorrect, but, English language references weren't impressive. Perhaps someone else can prove me wrong! SarahStierch (talk) 09:41, 13 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete sadly, per nom. I see what these editors are trying to do here, but this one is not ready for the articlespace yet. I would love to go find sources and notability, but I'm swamped. So, I have to !vote delete for now. gwickwire &#124; Leave a message 22:24, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I am still learning to understand what Wikipedia really is and what it stands for. However, SarahStierch (talk) is dealing with technicalities here, without giving references to what she knows about Mashaka dialect, whereas the article even gives the ampirical evidence of the chornology of this dialect, perhaps I would have answered based on what she knows. Understood, Wikipedia does not deal with original research, but how do you deal with southeast Angola languages which are under-researched apart from Chokwe and Lunda, without original research? I believe, is a reliable source, with copies of this book found in at least two Universities in UK. This type of contest, is what has brought about promotion of Ngangela language whis is nothing but "one of the ethnographic classification categories invented during colonial times in a series of African countries which do not correspond to one people held together by a common social identity", at the expence of Mbunda language which is the original group. Therefore I cannot answer based on your technicalities, I hope someone who understands them will pick it from here. Libingi (talk) 19:16, 13 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libingi (talk • contribs)