[wiki-standards] Wiki creole article has been deleted on Wikipedia

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Ward Cunningham a écrit :
> I would be disappointed if the effort invested into creole were not 
> recognized, and the outcomes not recorded. Is there someone on this list 
> with an inclination for primary research that would like to take on this 
> task? A technical report or two would seem to give the subject the 
> notability it needs to persist in Wikipedia.
> 
> (insert some quote about repeating history here.)
> 
> Best regards. -- Ward
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> On Nov 10, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Alex wrote:
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>> As far as I am concerned, I don't think that having an article on
>> Wikipedia is very important. I'd just wait a bit, and if Wiki Creole
>> gets more traction, we'll be mentioned on Wikipedia eventually. And if
>> we don't, then the deletionists were right after all. :)
>>
>> I'd claim that the Wiki Way is to just sit back and wait. Then, maybe
>> a few months down the road, we'll look at it again.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Dario Taraborelli
>> <dario.taraborelli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The sheer fact that Creole is supported by at least 11 wiki engines 
>>> and had
>>> a dedicated WikiSym workshop should be enough to silence these ludicrous
>>> notability claims

Actually, the claim on lack of primary research is a pretext. Only a part of 
wikipedia articles are, an will ever be, subject of research. A large 
proportion of the content of wikipedia simply describes or reports on "existing 
things". Where "existing things" means both concrete and imaginary objects. 
Where is the primary research on the topic of the following articles?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Judgment_Rites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Quebec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_J_Harvey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse_Software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_memorial
Obviously, there was no debate along the deletion process -- usually, there 
are, and they can be heavy or even hot. The existence of creole troubles 
someone in the wikipedia hierarchy.
Denis