Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

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The result was keep‎. Owen× ☎ 13:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin[edit]

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Ehrmagerd, werds! As interesting as I find this, Wikipedia is not a dictionary. PepperBeast (talk) 12:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language, Lists, and Australia. PepperBeast (talk) 12:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep a Google book search indicates that this topic is the subject of many published works and covered in many others. I think this is a valid topic and the purpose of our article is not to provide dictionary definitions so I think the nomination is wide of the mark. Mccapra (talk) 20:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - as above. Ingratis (talk) 08:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Notable list: meets WP:NOTESAL. Added further reading to the page. Spinifex&Sand (talk) 02:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.