Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kânik (language)

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 Delete. Xoloz 20:06, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kânik (language)

nn conlang - ∅ (∅), 15:59, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete fake language used in an online story whose writer we don't have an article on. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete/userfy. Language created by article author, for a book currently being written by the author. Wikipedia is not a web host. JPD (talk) 16:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I feel horrible for AFDing this, feels like I'm biting a newcomer. -_- ∅ (∅), 16:33, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The way to avoid that is to explain one's nomination using more than just two words. Novices won't know what "nn conlang" even means. I know that I didn't when my first article was described as "nn". Whereas novices might understand:

    This article cites no sources, and I can find no sources on the subject. It is unverifiable. The article describes a fictional language that does not exist outside of a single book written by a single author. It is original research. Wikipedia is not a publisher of first instance for primary source documentation of a newly invented language. It is an encyclopaedia, a tertiary source. Languages must be documented outside of Wikipedia first, by multiple sources independent of the inventors of the language. Delete.

  • Uncle G 16:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Which is why I did leave them a message on their talk page. I even listed a few conlang wikis they could post the article on. - ∅ (∅), 05:07, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I get what you're all saying. I am simply excited about my language and wanted to share it with everybody. I tried posting it on LangMaker but for some reason I can't get it up. If you want to delete this, then go ahead, but at least read it. I'll still keep making contributions. I love Wikipedia and I'll keep coming on here and doing stuff.

--Oharion 19:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment if you guys want to delete the article from Wikipedia, I have no problem with it. You can view my language (if you're interested) on LangMaker, just look up the same thing. Or you can look at it on my geocities site (you can also get to it from the LangMaker page too.) Here it is, if you're interested. So, I guess for the heck of it I'll say Delete too.

Oharion 18:06, 12 August 2006 (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.