Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/How to learn a foreign language

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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 20:58, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to learn a foreign language

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Simply WP:NOTHOWTO/WP:NOTESSAY. Maybe also somewhere duplicative of Language learning strategies or more broadly Language education. 野狼院ひさし u/t/c 13:08, 23 March 2015 (UTC) 野狼院ひさし u/t/c 13:11, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTHOWTO is not applicable. The article is not giving detailed instructions. It is not an instruction manual or a textbook.

WP:NOTESSAY is not applicable either. It does not contain original research or personal opinions (though the final sentence is arguably a personal opinion). It contains many references to research from reputable sources (with one to a blog, but I think an exception should be made for this blog).

Finally, nowhere in all the articles on language in Wikipedia -- including those cited above -- does it tell anyone how to proceed, where to start, if one wants to learn another language. In my opinion, this is a piece of information that is appropriate for Wikipedia to provide. deisenbe (talk) 13:19, 23 March 2015 (UTC) (I'm the author, with a Ph.D. in language, if that's relevant.)[reply]
Delete Per WP:NOTHOWTO. We already have an article on Second-language acquisition. If the creator wants to they can move relevant parts of this "how to" to Wikiversity. P. S. Burton (talk) 18:24, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the reasons above, particularly WP:NOTHOWTO, which is kindof a slam-dunk considering that "How to..." is the article title. Despite the "sky isn't blue" arguments of the creator above, this article is indeed all of those things. This is a personl, self-help/how-to guide that duplicates, the info found at Second-language acquisition. Tarc (talk) 20:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:55, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Wasn't there a CSD criteria for these? ― Padenton |☎ 21:12, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or transwiki. Per WP:NOTHOWTO, this is not Wikipedia content; however it would be perfectly acceptable at Wikibooks or Wikiversity (although we've got a lot of language learning guides at Wikibooks already). Liam987 (talk) 21:59, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Snow delete. Bearian (talk) 00:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Snow delete - Previously deleted as A10 as a duplicate of Language education. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 04:01, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:26, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I found the article to be without pith. Seligne (talk) 04:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.