Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sassenach (2nd nomination)
into Saxon#Etymology which already has some similar content.  It is our |editing policy to keep what we can in such cases.  The word seems exactly the sort of entry that someone will come to Wikipedia to be enlightened about.  If we made it a red link by deleting the entry then we would be disrupting both the readership and editors wishing to develop the topic.  Here's a source with a historical perspective on the matter: http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=UbIDN-jV7XkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA24 Emergence of English Identity.  And here's an amusing medical take on it: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1838857/pdf/bmj00317-0014.pdf The haggis tolerance test in Scots and Sassenachs
— User:Colonel, 07:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Editing policy)