Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Words without consonants (3rd nomination)


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The result was delete. Can be restored if somebody does want to transwiki it.  Sandstein  10:22, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Words without consonants
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Previous discussions in 2012 and 2016 had no consensus and suggested transwiki; after 5 years I doubt Wiktionary wants it. The correct title for the current article content is List of polysyllabic words without consonants. As a list, this is problematic because in some languages (Hawaiian, Japanese) these are somewhat common, and in other languages they are rare. No sources, and the most infamous word without consonants isn't mentioned. It's possible there is a merge target for the English list, but I don't like English words without vowels or Consonant as a target. User:力 (power~enwiki, π,  ν ) 00:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. User:力 (power~enwiki,  π,  ν ) 00:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree the list isn't very encyclopedic, and can never be close to complete. I think some of the examples would be good in a section at either consonant or vowel parallel to words without vowels.
 * BTW, "the most infamous word without consonants" you mention is actually all consonants, as written, though of course it actually has both (except in Greek where it was pronounced Iaō). — kwami (talk) 00:35, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: A bit more discussion would be useful here. By the way, Wiktionary doesn't accept transwikis anymore, so that's not really an option.
 * Delete I did a WP:BEFORE and looked through the previous AfDs and, to my surprise, could not find any sources giving this grouping significant coverage. At best there are passing references. Therefore this fails WP:LISTN and the resultant article is WP:OR. Vladimir.copic (talk) 03:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * We might as well move to Wiktionary, which has a comparable appendix on words consisting of a single sound. BD2412  T 03:52, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:29, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment a list that claims to exclude monosyllables and then includes the French à, ou etc., and yet no one has actually noticed, is clearly not a list to which anyone is paying any attention, or a list that is subject to any meaningful curation. Elemimele (talk) 12:48, 22 October 2021 (UTC)


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