Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Borean languages

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 keep. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:12, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Borean languages

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Fringe subject with no real coverage in mainstream linguistics. Eurasiatic (talk) 01:01, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:30, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, sure it's a crackpot theory, but it's a notable crackpot theory, as shown by the multiple reliable sources in the article. Angr (talk) 20:21, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TheSpecialUser ^TSU 00:49, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, all the sources in the article that discuss the theory in some depth originate with one or the other of the two persons who originated the theory. No evidence that any linguist beyond the inventors (who apparently don't agree with each other) ever bothered with the theory. Huon (talk) 01:07, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: In response to Huon, let it be noted that, while the theory is confined to a few linguists, these are notable linguists; Starostin in particular is one of the leading lights of the "Moscow School". --TimNelson (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Even a cursory Google scholar search reveals that the topic is notable. --Lambiam 10:36, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The topic is indeed notable and invites more coverage not less.--Zananiri (talk) 18:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.