Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/English surnames of Norman origin
The current article may lapse from .  But what matters is not the current state of the article, but whether the underlying topic is itself notable.  I don't think there is any question as to whether it is, because this is the kind of thing Linguists write their Masters and PhD theses about.  Nominator wrote: ''"I had to read this article three times..."''  Warning!  This is not how you should decide whether an article merits deletion.  Rather you should comply with , and make a couple of web searches, so you can independently arrive at an informed conclusion as to whether the article's underlying topic measures up to our inclusion criteria.  Please don't ever call for the deletion of an article merely because it is weak, when the underlying topic is notable
— User:Geo, 12:07, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOR||WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:No original research)