Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mordva (slur)

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:31, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mordva (slur)[edit]

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Looks like a POV fork of the article on Mordvins aimed at convincing the readers that the terms "Mordva"/"Mordvins" are pejorative. Such opinion indeed exists, but it's a fringe one, and no reliable dictionary marks those words as "slurs". The article is mostly unsourced; the only source in the article that might be reliable is the 1990 discussion on whether the titular word may be pejorative or not (both opinions are represented). Other than that, there's only an entry from the 19th century Belarusian dictionary describing a homophonic word that was used as a pejorative term for Jews, but it's clearly unrelated to the main topic (Mordvins don't have anything to do with Jews). Overall, I don't think the word on its own is notable enough for a separate article: a section in Mordvins about the etymology and perceived connotations of the term would be enough. Finstergeist (talk) 20:57, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language, Belarus, and Russia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:43, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. A single reliable article directly discussing the topic is not enough to make this notable. I also nominated a related article Mordvins (term for Jews) for deletion. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 13:43, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ethnic groups and History. Curbon7 (talk) 19:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Brusquedandelion (talk) 02:13, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:SNOW, and as noted. One mention at an academic conference is by definition WP:OR. Bearian (talk) 16:20, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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