Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malays in Spain

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 21:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Malays in Spain[edit]

Unverifiable and dubious. Even after removing the three-month old anonymous vandalism which claimed they're 50% Buddhist, we're left with a mess of unverifiable statements, original research assumptions about which Indonesian/Filipino migrants qualify as Malays (ethnic group) and which don't, and an extremely unlikely origin story about how they came as World War II refugees. Google/GBooks/GNews does not turn up any sources about immigration from Malaysia to Spain (whether of Malays or non-Malays), on searches either in English or Malay. No evidence of multiple, non-trivial, reliable sources about this population.

Deprodded [1] by unrelated editor. See also the AN/I thread I have initiated regarding the creator's editing. cab (talk) 11:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 11:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malaysia-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 11:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 11:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no source cited, seems to be WP:OR, and is written in such general terms that, while it would be hard to refute, it really says very little. JohnCD (talk) 11:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I think that Rex Harrison once said that Malays in Spain stay mainly on the plane. At least this article has a good excuse for being unsourced, because it has nothing to say. They're "a part of overseas Malay population"; they came from Malaysia and other countries; they "came from different ethnic groups"; more recently, they came from Malaysia and other countries (did I say that already?). "Most of these live as students, academics, professionals, and workers" (kinda covers it all). They "speak Spanish" (which makes life easier) and "may speak Malay language" (except where prohibited). My favorite part is that "Although Filipinos are also considered ethnic Malays, the Philippines is Christianized and the Filipinos who settled in Spain came after Spanish territorial control of the Philippines and were Hispanicized. Thus, Filipino Spaniards are never regarded by Spaniards as 'Malays'." Mandsford (talk) 16:02, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not again. JuJube (talk) 17:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no reliable source to establish notability. Now I'm off to write an aritcle on Albanians in the Faroe Islands.--Boffob (talk) 18:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:RS. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:33, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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