Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zan people


 * 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   keep. With no support other than the nominator for deleting the content, I think there is a clear consensus here to keep the article. (non-admin closure) Michaelzeng7 (talk) 01:40, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Zan people

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Can't find anything about these 'Zan people' anywhere. It seems to be something someone made up by extrapolating the application of Zan languages. — Lfdder (talk) 09:50, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (country)-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The Caucasus is a very remote region, and a lot of stuff about it hard to look up, especially if you only speak English. Just because you never found it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. --Yalens (talk) 15:23, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * what? This is purported to be a "parent" ethnic group for the very well attested Lazs and Mingrelians. — Lfdder (talk) 07:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. GEORGIANJORJADZE 00:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Very informative. — Lfdder (talk) 07:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 00:39, 13 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep: with a possible name change. See here, page 133 and page 135 for various possible collective designations of the Mingrelian and Laz people. "Zan" and "Chan", however, are alternate designations for the Laz people specifically, according to the same source (see pages 124 and 225).
 * Here also are "Chan" and "Zan" given as alternate names of the Laz people. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 01:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. This is not some made up term, it's a name used by historians and anthropologists to designate the Laz and Mingrelian peoples and their ancient ancestors (i.e. the Colchians). Just because it is hard to find information on a subject, just means it's quite obscure and not many historians write about it (at least in English), but it can still be relevant to Wikipedia. I would certainly like to see the article expanded a bit though. --Hibernian (talk) 22:17, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hibernian: as you seem to know more about the subject, perhaps you can clarify: is Zan a synonym of Laz or of Megrelo-Laz? Check the sources I linked. (This has no bearing on the notability of the Megrelo-Laz people, whatever be their name, who are the subjects of this article.) הסרפד  (call me Hasirpad) 00:00, 16 September 2013 (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.