Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gibraltarian English
While true that the article hasn't seen much attention, and it is still mostly a stub, that does not mean it should necessarily be deleted or merged. Gibraltarian English ''is'' a separate dialect or possibly its own language (not clear how much it has morphed from dialect status to language status), and it has been studied historically by linguists. What's exciting for linguistics researchers is how Gibraltar, with its relatively long history (300+ years) of languages merging (Spanish, Andalusian, Yanito, English) plus languages from traders from the Mediterranean and elsewhere, plus its close contact with Africa, is like a linguistical melting pot, meaning it is an excellent place to study how phonemes and syntactical structure change over time. While the absolute number of speakers of Gibraltarian English is probably not substantial, since the population of Gibraltar is about 30,000, there are references http://books.google.com/books?id=VKW6uqxsj4YC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&source=bl&ots=6E5RQNkjpr&sig=cVTSLcLAwHDAipb8kPRkByfaV3s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9Xb_U4qsHsO4ggTvhIHwDw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Gibraltarian%20English%22&f=false here and http://books.google.com/books?id=fEiX-YLT3j8C&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&source=bl&ots=eMM3C6h1Ir&sig=6utTmhuu0VKwJtVIEtz4XZ-VgAo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9Xb_U4qsHsO4ggTvhIHwDw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Gibraltarian%20English%22&f=false here and http://books.google.com/books?id=Id8HlV3ad5wC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&source=bl&ots=A19hgWMskQ&sig=Ay1DMa6xvtzoI-tjQAHVCZEGKXk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Gnn_U_-CFoPIggTiooL4Ag&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22Gibraltarian%20English%22&f=false here and http://books.google.com/books?id=2fqsVdx1hIcC&pg=PA1748&lpg=PA1748&dq=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&source=bl&ots=wt2PA_jcZP&sig=jypBpHJqbo_r6K9OaPoBPARmm3k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Gnn_U_-CFoPIggTiooL4Ag&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22Gibraltarian%20English%22&f=false here, suggesting the topic does meet the |general notability guideline
— User:Tomwsulcer, 19:20, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)