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The result was '''delete'''. Although the discussion below indicates that the ''topic'' is notable, there also appears to be a consensus that the article as it stands cannot be used to write about this topic due to fundamental issues with [[WP:NPOV|a neutral point of view]] and [[WP:NOR|original research]] (both of which supersede any questions of notability) that prevent it from growing beyond its current state.

I'm going to take the liberty of starting a new stub on which others should feel free to expand. If anyone would like the deleted text to use as a reference, please leave a message on my talk page. --[[User:jonny-mt|<span style="color:#297AA3">'''jonny'''</span>]]-[[Special:Contributions/jonny-mt|<span style="color:#A3293D">'''m'''</span>]][[User talk:jonny-mt|<span style="color:#3DA329">'''t'''</span>]] 05:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

===[[Distributed Language]]===

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*'''Comment''' Would definitely like to see it stubbed if it appears to be a real concept; this looks to me like ''another'' school assignment. [[User:JeremyMcCracken|JeremyMcCracken]] ([[user talk:JeremyMcCracken|talk]]) ([[Special:Contributions/JeremyMcCracken|contribs]]) 02:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

:I am not sure that this one is a school project. The article appears to be something of a plug for the work and the views of something called the "Distributed Language Group" [http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/dlg/index.html]. [[User:Nsk92|Nsk92]] ([[User talk:Nsk92|talk]]) 02:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' - per Nsk92. <i><fontspan facestyle="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">[[User:Asenine|<FONTspan COLORstyle="color:#4682b4;">a</FONTspan><FONTspan COLORstyle="color:#5c9cc7;">s</FONTspan><FONTspan COLORstyle="color:#72b5d9;">e</FONTspan><FONTspan COLORstyle="color:#87ceeb;">nine</FONTspan>]] ^{[[User_talk:Asenine|<FONTspan COLORstyle="color:#72b5d9;">say what?</FONTspan>]]}</fontspan></i> 04:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

*'''Comment''' RHaworth - I don't think that calling distributed language "a novel approach" makes the article OR. It seems likely that many of the references are OR, but if that's not acceptable then I need to be pointed to some Wiki policies that I've failed to grok. That said, I'm not much of a linguist, either, and I find Nsk92's arguments about POV and incomprehensibility compelling. I agree with the "delete if no major fix is forthcoming" position. [[User:Stationary|Stationary]] ([[User talk:Stationary|talk]]) 15:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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:As I said, I'd be willing to change my vote if someone produced a reasonable stub. I do not know anything about the subject and do not feel qualified to do it myself. If you feel that you can do this yourself, please go ahead. [[User:Nsk92|Nsk92]] ([[User talk:Nsk92|talk]]) 12:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm the person who posted Distributed Language, and I did that because I believe it a very important concept. Of course, I'm an iexperienced wiki-user, and from the discussion I see that the article ought to be rewritten. I'd like to leave a stub, but don't know how to do it. Could someone advise on that, please? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Sashakr|Sashakr]] ([[User talk:Sashakr|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sashakr|contribs]]) 23:17, 16 May 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--><small>— [[User:Sashakr|Sashakr]] ([[User talk:Sashakr|talk]]&#32;• [[Special:Contributions/Sashakr|contribs]]) has made [[Wikipedia:Single-purpose account|few or no other edits]] outside this topic. </small>

Hi! As a linguist, I find the distributed approach to be a very important development in linguistics. Surely, there are as always the usual pros and cons, but the number of papers, articles, conferences (and even a special issue of Language Sciences, Sep. 2007) clearly indicate that this is an important topic in linguistics, and therefore there is no doubt that this article should not be deleted. Whether it is written in a Wiki format or not, well, perhaps it isn't. On the other hand, there are some valuable information in the present version that might make it easier for another contributor to re-write the article. So perhaps it could be left as it is now for a while, giving other contributors some time to re-write it thouroughly?I've used Wikipedia for a couple of years now, but I haven't engaged in writing or discussing articles before, so I'm not sure about the usual procedures etc. in this situation. [[User:SunWork|SunWork]] ([[User talk:SunWork|talk]]) 20:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)<small>— [[User:SunWork|SunWork]] ([[User talk:SunWork|talk]]&#32;• [[Special:Contributions/SunWork|contribs]]) has made [[Wikipedia:Single-purpose account|few or no other edits]] outside this topic. </small>

*'''Keep''' As noted by others above, the concept seems to be [[WP:NOTABILITY|notable]] enough to warrant an article. The only issue seems to be one of style and content, which (IMO) can both be tackled without deleting. I'll leave my thoughts on how to improve the article on Sashakr's [[User talk:Sashakr|talk page]] to keep the discussion here from going off topic. [[User:Cosmo0|Cosmo0]] ([[User talk:Cosmo0|talk]]) 20:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

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Hi! As a linguist, I find the distributed approach to be a very important development in linguistics. Surely, there are as always the usual pros and cons, but the number of papers, articles, conferences (and even a special issue of Language Sciences, Sep. 2007) clearly indicate that this is an important topic in linguistics, and therefore there is no doubt that this article should not be deleted. Whether it is written in a Wiki format or not, well, perhaps it isn't. On the other hand, there are some valuable information in the present version that might make it easier for another contributor to re-write the article. So perhaps it could be left as it is now for a while, giving other contributors some time to re-write it thouroughly?I've used Wikipedia for a couple of years now, but I haven't engaged in writing or discussing articles before, so I'm not sure about the usual procedures etc. in this situation.