Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Catalan Wikipedia
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- 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 speedy keep. withdrawn by nominator on the basis of sources presented DGG ( talk ) 04:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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fails our inclusion guidelines; sources are not third-party, since they're us or the Foundation. Ironholds (talk) 11:37, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Sources are very easy to find, both as "Catalan Wikipedia" [1] and as "Viquipèdia" [2]. Warrah (talk) 12:44, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- All of which seem to fail WP:GNG all over again, because they don't demonstrate significant coverage; they're brief snippets. Ironholds (talk) 13:09, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Question can someone search for Catalan language results and let me know what is found? CTJF83 chat 05:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It's absurd deleting this article. All languages in Wikipedia have their own article.--Galazan (talk) 10:25, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Firstly, no, they don't. Secondly, even if they did, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid argument. Ironholds (talk) 11:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- There are lots of external references in ca:Viquipèdia:Notícies sobre la Viquipèdia. Somebody should add some of them as references in the article. Paucabot (talk) 10:59, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep I have added a scholarly reference which confirms the projects status as the most substantial Wiki in a regional language. Colonel Warden (talk) 14:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Then I have no problem with withdrawing this nom, assuming someone can do the honours (never worked it out). Ironholds (talk) 15:08, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep I am happy to see that the proposer has withdrawn his AfD. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:43, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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