Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Social Network (sociolinguistics)


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:44, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Social Network (sociolinguistics)

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Appears to be original research. red dog six (talk) 03:44, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

It isn't original research, this is a project for a school course designed to explain social network theory in sociolinguistics. Please feel free to check the sources, or simply google the term and you'll find that it is well known in linguistics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamzajaka (talk • contribs) 04:08, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:02, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep. It's clearly not original research. Among the sources it cites are academic publications by sociolinguists titled "Social Networks" (Milroy 2002) and "Network Analysis" (Wei 1996). Cnilep (talk) 01:20, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep The concept of a social network in sociolinguistics is well established and notable. Searching for "social network" linguistics nets 24K hits in GBooks and 29K hits in GScholar. The article had some essay-like parts at first, but is being actively improved. By now it is well referenced with inline citations and at first glance, most of the sources look reliable.. Removing synthesis, if present, is a matter of editing and is a surmountable problem, per WP:SURMOUNTABLE. A notable topic and surmountable article issues suggest keeping the article. --Mark viking (talk) 20:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep High-profile notable topic to which many reliable sources attest. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 22:09, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
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