The result was redirect to Haplogroup J2 (Y-DNA). Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are no reliable, expert sources that use the term "Phoenician gene" and only one scientific paper that discusses a "Phoenician genetic marker". A lengthy search for sources has wielded nothing, and the article has been tagged with a request for sources that would establish notability since August 2007 - again, garnering no such sources. I would have thought it was a speedy delete, but it was recommended to open a formal AfD. And so here we are ... Tiamuttalk 05:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see a valid reason for deleting this article. Please see the discussion on the Phoenician gene talk page. Also Google gives a few hits for this term; so this term must exist (we're not talking if it is correct; that is for the experts to decide). Furthermore, Wikipedia's article on Canaan links to it; so this term is being used in Wikipedia.
Now, I created this article; taking its information from the Canaan article; hoping that someone with some expertise will come and edit this. So if this source isn't good enough for this article; then it would seem to me that it shouldn't be good enough for the Canaan article; and therefore that paragraph should first be deleted.
I am no expert on this particular subject and couldn't care less, if this article stays or goes; but due to my history with Tiamut and what I've written about this on my user page; I don't think it appropriate that she should be the executioner. Therefore, I am deleting the deletion tag; and should anyone else want to nominate this article for deletion; they are more then welcome to do so. Itzse (talk) 19:56, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]