I have no problem with the article as it currently exists. At the time that I listed it on VfD, it basically said that it was the language of a nonexistant place created by somebody who the writer said might have been Canadian. The author himself (or herself) didn't even know who created the language, so why put in speculation? There was no mention at the time that it was a conlang, there was no mention that it was anything other than somebody's made up language for a made up place. VfD has served a useful purpose, by pointing out that this article needed work, something that would not have happened if it was listed on "Articles needing attention".
RickK
Jimmy Wales <jwales@bomis.com> wrote:
Rick wrote:
>There are too many articles on the Wikipedia that need to be deleted,
>unless someone (perhaps you?) wants to take the time to make all of
>the useless articles useful by writing meaningful content.
There is no reason for a rule which says that all articles have to be
either useful or deleted, which is what you're implying. Take for
example "Talossan language" which you listed on VfD.
This article is a stub, and I guess you're saying that it should be
either improved right away or deleted.
I think that's mistaken. The most important thing to remember is that
if left there, it *doesn't hurt anything*. And since, as it turns
out, this is a known topic that several other people have heard about,
there's a fair change that someone will stumble on the article at some
point and find it useful, even if it stays just the
way it is.
--Jimbo
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