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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:44, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Montenegrin alphabet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Hoax. Article about alphabet of nonexistent language. (Without ISO 639-1 standard.) Alex ^{discussion ★} 15:07, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• • Comment ISO 639-1 is a very basic standard that covers only 136 of the world's most widely spoken languages. There are many more languages than that. Montenegrin is sometimes coded "sr-ME". On Wictionary, it is coded "zls-mon". Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Not a hoax but rather a nationalistic dispute about whether Montenegrin is a dialect or a language. Discussed in reliable sources. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:34, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Montenegro-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:49, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:49, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The topic is notable because it has received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources such as the BBC, even though opponents of Montenegrin nationalism oppose this alphabet strongly. I have added a 1916 source to the article as well. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:02, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Notable. SL93 (talk) 23:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Per added reliable sources and availability of them that establish notability of the topic Northamerica1000 (talk) 00:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Not a hoax. And additionally, articles shouldn't be deleted just because some people may disagree with the politics behind the subject. Linguogeek (talk) 22:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. There may be something I'm missing, but I don't get this nomination at all. It's not even about a language, it's about the alphabet, which apparently exists, and such things cannot be not-notable. Drmies (talk) 17:07, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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