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 no consensus. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:21, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Hucko

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No wp:reliable sources, so very probably wp:non-notable. See related discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multi-level cosmology. — coelacan talk — 10:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as nom. And yes, before the fanboys show up, I'll just say it: the Earth is flat. — coelacan talk — 10:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete - No reliable assertion of notability. Google search for "Mark Hucko" returns hits mostly based on this article and Hucko's own websites. However, I'm prepared to be argued down and to that end, will post at the Languages ref desk to see if any linguists have heard of him. --Dweller 11:14, 2 March 2007 (UTC)Deferring to linguistic expert, User:N-true, below. --Dweller 23:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. All the sources are self-published; the acadamic library I'm in doesn't know him, he can't be found in the dead tree and digital archives. If we have a slavic message board of some sort around, we could ask them to weigh in too, but it looks like this is self-promotion. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, he has some notability as the creator of Slovio, which we've had an article about for almost five years. If kept, though, the article shouldn't describe him as a linguist; conlanger ≠ linguist (quite the contrary!). —An gr 14:40, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep, and adhere to the opinion of Angr. If the language is notable.... on the other side, this article should be sourced and referenced properly Alf^Photoman 17:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not notable independent of the conlang. No independent biographical sources. Come to that, Slovio has no independent sources either. Guy (Help!) 20:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. He's the creator of a relatively well-known international auxiliary language (Slovio), so I don't see the reason why his biography should be deleted. We have articles for the creators of such minor IAL projects like Novial, Interlingue and Solresol, do we? So why not him? And in case you're wondering, Coelacan and Dweller; I am a linguist and I'm not in the least a fan of Slovio. — N-true 22:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Useful thanks. Amending my !vote. --Dweller 23:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree, however, that most of the article's content is not really notable (immortality stuff and whatnot), but maybe I just say that because I'm not superstitious. ;) — N-true 23:11, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: In "relatively well-known international auxiliary language" the word relatively should be be stressed. If anyone heard about it then as a curiosity. Pavel Vozenilek 16:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Slovio may get notable in the future but Hucko should stay out of WP, as the stereotype of unappreciated genius tells. Few sentences on Slovio page should be enough. Pavel Vozenilek 16:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per N-true. —IJzeren Jan _Uszkiełtu? 03:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nonnotable crank. Mark Hucko has become known for his Multi-Level Universe Cosmological theory and for his pioneering work in life-extension and immortology, unsourced claims of persecution, etc. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:21, 5 March 2007 (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.