Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nigerian Arabic


 * 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   redirect to Chadian Arabic. Spartaz Humbug! 15:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Nigerian Arabic

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Content fork. Text already merged with Chadian Arabic, which is the name of the language maintained at Ethnologue and Linguist List and assigned to its ISO code. — kwami (talk) 12:01, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment, I wouldn't know enough to !vote but I did find the sentence "Chadian as opposed to Nigerian Arabic" (Google books: A grammar of Nigerian Arabic By Jonathan Owens), which suggests they might be dissimilar enough for separate articles. jorgenev 14:56, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * If they're ever developed to that extent, there would be nothing wrong with splitting the article. But for now even the combined article is a stub. — kwami (talk) 16:18, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 15:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 15:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy close and restore redirect to Chadian Arabic. The content has been merged to Chadian Arabic, and a redirect is appropriate in that case. The comment made by the editor who reverted the redirect, "[ Before killing an entire article, at least nominate it for deletion]", shows a misunderstanding of how merges work. The content has not been "killed"; it's been moved to an already existing article on basically the same topic. There is no need for an AFD after a merge. —Angr (talk) 15:21, 24 May 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.