Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Permanent North American Gaeltacht


 * 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 for now. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Permanent North American Gaeltacht

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Much as I wish it was true, this appears to be a hoax: it claims "official" recognition yet there is no news report or government coverage, and there are no references except for a URL that doesn't go anywhere in a domain whose whois is hidden. Marnanel 17:28, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - At this point I'm going to have to assume it's a hoax. The article is claiming it was founded "16 June, 2007" so one would think there would be any web news stories on it, but so far I can't find any. --Oakshade 18:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep for now. Would feel comfortable with more secondary sources on this, but the Radio Telefís Éireann story here does indicate it's real and of enough national interest to be covered by a national network. --Oakshade 22:55, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, apparent hoax, or at best so very much still "in planning" as to be deletable per WP:CRYSTAL. —Angr 18:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral for present. Actually it exists, although I am not sure how "official" it is. Found a story on the RTÉ website from the evening news bulletin of 18 June 2007. Link to video of story is at the bottom of this page.  FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 21:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, so it's not a hoax. Still, that report says nothing has yet been built on the land, and the organizers are hoping to start teaching Irish there soon. I stick with "delete per WP:CRYSTAL". —Angr 22:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Even in its planning stages it's gotten some media interest. --Oakshade 23:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:CRYSTAL. Bigdaddy1981 23:10, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Despite the coverage, it does seem to fall foul of Crystal. And the title is a bit misleading, as Maranel pointed out - and it took a bit of lateral thinking in searching to find stories on the project - there isn't anything "permanent" there yet. Whatever about it being an officially recognized Gaeltacht or not, to be a Gaeltacht in the sense of an Irish-speaking area, it really would need permanent residents. However, the project itself might be a valid article in the future.  FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 21:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete siarach 07:47, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


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