Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tauro-Piscean language

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The result was Delete; Does not meet notability guidelines for conlangs; author also requested deletion. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tauro-Piscean language

Tauro-Piscean language (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Completely unsourced; Google search yields no reliable sources. Probably a hoax, as "Old Taurusian," referenced in the intro, does not exist. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:59, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

delete unsourced, and appears to be made up. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 22:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete A little bit of linguistic whimsy here, with some astrology Taurus and Pisces thrown in. What's your sign? An arrow pointing upward that says, "I'm with stupid." Mandsford (talk) 22:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• G3 Appears to be blatant enough for a hoax tag. So tagged. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 22:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Fictional language with no notability whatsoever. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 00:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, utter bullfish. --Dhartung | Talk 23:18, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• If it's utter bullfish, does this call for a WP:TROUTing? (And if so, do my otters get extra fish today?) Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 23:22, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comment It's not clear whether it's a hoax so much as a nn Conlang. —Quasirandom (talk) 23:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comment Actually, I think it's a fictional conlang related to this team in the game Jennifer Government. --Dhartung | Talk 05:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

• Ah! Looks like it. —Quasirandom (talk) 17:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete for no evidence of real-world notability. (The article plainly states that it is a constructed language, as Quasirandom suggests, but it is written without adequate differentiation between fiction and fact.) Languages constructed as part of world-building may be notable, but only if they have real-world notability, which includes being connected to a notable world, like Klingon language or Quenya. A google search suggests that this may not have such wider notability, and lacking reliable sources documenting same, this article is inappropriate on Wikipedia, though it seems quite at home on frathwiki. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:59, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete google search reveals no information from refutable sources.  Atyndall93 | talk  05:21, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

• Oh, there's refutable sources. Reliable sources, OTOH ... —Quasirandom (talk) 17:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per Moonriddengirl's arguments. Does not meet WP:FICT, the notability guidelines for fictional constructs. —Quasirandom (talk) 17:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per Moonriddengirl. It is amazing that the article would go into so much detail about the language without making any case for its notability. If there are more references to prove that people have paid attention to this, there's not much time left to find them. EdJohnston (talk) 18:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Non-notable, made up and almost certainly WP:CB ukexpat (talk) 20:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Taurusian? Piscean? This bloke isn't even creative... +Hexagon1 ^(t) 00:45, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. It is not a hoax - Tauro-Piscean is a constructed language that really exists, I can testify for its existence. People, please, be careful calling something you don't believe or have never heard of "hoaxes", "utter bollocks" et.sim. It's better to ask the questions first before you start shooting. That said, I agree with Moonriddengirl's comments: the article is not clear about fact and fiction, the subject itself will probably not meet the criteria regarding notability, verifiability, original research, etc. But that's definitely NOT a reason to throw mud at people! —IJzeren Jan _Uszkiełtu? 09:21, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. I am the author of the page. It's not a hoax; it was just meant to be an informative article about a conlang that has gained some interest from others. I appreciate now that it does not meet guidelines, so delete it if you feel it is inappropriate. I also don't think this is the place to criticise the project itself and I think Hexagon is being extremely immature to question my creativity! It's not their project, so they don't even understand it. Please refrain from these types of comments. This page is about the inappropriate nature of the article, not the project. I have a page on FrathWiki anyway; I'd be quite happy to have it deleted. I just want to settle that it's not a hoax.--Pisceesumsprecan (talk) 10:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Yes, go ahead, the author says! --Pisceesumsprecan (talk) 14:39, 19 April 2008 (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.