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

[kjx]

> 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?

Hmm. I would have though this paper was more than enough:

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1296951.1296966

WikiCreole:: a common wiki markup
International Symposium on Wikis archive
Proceedings of the 2007 international symposium on Wikis table of  
contents
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Was there a discussion period before the article was deleted?
If so, did anyone join in to argue for retention?
If there was no discussion period, why not?

James