Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Proto-Dené–Caucasian language


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 06:09, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Proto-Dené–Caucasian language

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I suggest deletion rather than a merge into Dené–Caucasian languages because that language family is itself widely rejected by mainstream linguistics. Note that this is not to be confused with the Dené–Yeniseian languages, which is a plausible (and in my view likely) macrofamily that would represent a stunning cross-continental migration. Even that family, which is not (quite/yet, depending on one's view of it) fully accepted, does not have its own proto-language as a separate article. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:14, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:14, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
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 * This has been addressed. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:30, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, has always been a marginal theory and had zero effect on the mainstream.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:19, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. The main article meets WP:GNG for a fringe topic, but all spin-off articles are fringe-promoting by their very existence. Also agree that the material is non-mergeable, since excessive in-universe detail in fringe articles produces undue weight. –Austronesier (talk) 10:10, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Change to: delete Proto-Dené-Caucasian roots, redirect Proto-Dené–Caucasian language to Dené–Caucasian languages. The title "Proto-Dené–Caucasian language" is a legitimate search term. –Austronesier (talk) 21:40, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe instead of an article, the fringe theory could have a cited mention with an parent article. Yuchitown (talk) 18:50, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Yuchitown
 * Delete this is the linguistics version of a geoscience article which presumes a flat earth as a given. This is a sub-basement of fringe which has no evidence for it, and there’s a few of these article around that probably need to be AfDd. Fails GNG and inherently PROFRINGE.
 * Warrenmck (talk) 18:49, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete. As per everyone else, this is WP:OR and WP:PROMO of WP:FRINGE. Also support deletion of related articles as per User:Warrenmck's recommendation. Yuchitown (talk) 15:15, 17 September 2023 (UTC)Yuchitown


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