Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mock German

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The result was deleten zis schnell -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mock German

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Entirely original research, and I doubt any reliable sources are forthcoming. (And seriously, "constructed language"? One of the examples given isn't even a language, it's just English with an accent.) Alivemajor 23:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete: Purely WP:OR. - Rjd0060 02:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Deleten zis schnell per nom. Clarityfiend 06:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• I vant to see nussing, nussing per above. As Alive notes, it's nothing more than speaking English with a mock German accent, which is only slightly more difficult than the mock British accent that people like to show off. "Look, every-vun, I'm shpeaking Gehrman!" Mandsford 12:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete not sure what's notable about this separate from Mock French, etc. JJL 13:18, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep the term is referenced in scholarly literature, as shown in this filtered search on Google Scholar. Reliable sources are forthcoming, thus rendering the nomination invalid. Claims of original research are completely irrelevant - the question is whether or not there are reliable sources to verify the notability of the subject. As I have clearly shown, there are. I urge a speedy close to this Afd on the grounds of mistaken nomination. Skomorokh ^incite 15:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

  Those are just mentions of the term, not reliable sources about Mock German. They couldn't be used to verify anything. --Alivemajor 23:08, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete(edit conflict) I have heard comedians speaking mock German, with lots of consonants and vowels not common in English and an occasional German (or Yiddish) word thrown in, but this article uses "Vonce ze rockets are up, who cares vere zey come down?" as an example, and it is unmistakably someone simply speaking English with a German accent. Not any sort of "mock German." I know actual native German speakers whose English sounds very much like that, and they are most assuredly NOT speaking "mock German." There could be a valid article on this subject, but it would need some actual "REFERENCES" rather than an editor's recollections of watching Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heros." The article claims Col. Klink spoke "mock German," which must have been difficult for a man who was a native German speaker. A complete rewrite is needed, and there is nothing useful in the present article. It could be recreated at a later date. (edited to add:) Noting that the juxtaposition of the two words "mock" and German" show up in some Google scholar results, many of which are not really on point, is not a substitute for actually finding references and rewriting the article. If someone took the time to improve the article within the 5 day AFD period, I might change my opinion, but we have seen too many promises that "references are out there and someone will add them later." Edison 15:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Basically violates WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. But I would change my mind and agree to keep if somebody else fixed it. (Not my cuppa tea.) Bearian'sBooties 16:37, 5 October 2007 (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.