Deletion of List of countries by English-speaking population (2nd nomination)

Comment: Very clear  violation
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:SYNTHESIS)

Comment: Both articles bizarrely include Nigerian pidgin as English, when it is about as far from English as Dutch. "'I no know wetin u dey yarn' means 'I don't know what you are talking about' per the article on the pidgin (which is not a variety otr dialect of English). This falsely elevates Nigeria to have more English speakers than UK. Both articles also overstate the number of English speakers in India. These issues hit at the |verifiability requirement and |original research in the form of . The topic seems notable and deserving of an article, since there have been many scholarly and popular works on the prevalence of the English language in various countries
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:OR||WP:SYNTHESIS)

Comment: Calculating new data from numbers in a report is by definition original research. When you use a different total population for your calculation than the one listed in the study, you're further skewing the results because of improper . All the reliable data is already in the English language article. The rest isn't reliable and can't be edited to fix its shortcomings, so it needs to go
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:SYNTHESIS)

Comment: The topic itself meets otability. This primarily a sourcing dispute and unreferenced/unrealiably sourced material can be taken out, and better sourced statistics reinserted with discussion on the talk page. Failing that, '''Userfy''' for anyone who wishes to work on it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)