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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 05:08, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Afro-Slovaks[edit]

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No assertion of notability and as far as I can tell the only references to the term online are on mirrors of the Wikipedia article. Cordless Larry (talk) 22:34, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Slovakia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete There is a project on African diaspora; and some of the numbers are surprising, but sourced-- like 400,000 persons in Russia who have African roots. There are others that are less surprising (France, Britain, Italy, Germany) because of African colonies, but these too have sources. This article, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be based on anything other than speculation that if there are persons of African descent in Slovakia, then they would be called "Afro-Slovaks". The template for the project was changed in September [1] to add a place for "Afro-Slovaks", about the same time that this nothing-to-say-and-says-it article was created. If someone has something to contribute about Eastern Europeans with African heritage, then something can be created; in this case, all I see is that someone wanted to create a word. Mandsford (talk) 02:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've been surprised when visiting Poland before that there is quite a significant African population (although small by comparison with the UK, Germany, France, etc.) but we need references to back up these articles and this one lacks any to establish notability. Cordless Larry (talk) 09:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, article doesn't justify its own existence. Punkmorten (talk) 09:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete Not notable, no reliable sources to prove notability. Lehoiberri (talk) 07:08, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Mandsford. Notability is doubtful (only source I can find is [2], Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL gives about a hundred GHits, but not any non-trivial coverage, just listings on government websites of the fact that Africans in Slovakia have an association), and anyway if someone eventually finds sources to create a passable article about Africans/people of distant African heritage in Slovakia, they should do it under a proper title, not a Wikipedian-invented neologism. cab (talk) 09:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - WP:DICDEF or WP:N, since there's no source of notability. Take your pick.--Boffob (talk) 18:48, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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