Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Regional handwriting variation

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The result was keep. Consensus is that further editorial attention is needed, but keep for now.Mojo Hand (talk) 03:35, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regional handwriting variation[edit]

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Original research. Handwriting variation exists – see handwriting – but I see nothing in this article that supports that English handwriting varies regionally, in the text or the few references. The variations identified seem to be from foreign languages and archaic ones, so nothing to do with modern English handwriting. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 12:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. If this had been created recently I would have been tempted to push it back to the creator and tell them to reference it properly. However, the article started in 2002 so maybe there is some agreement that the topic and content are suitable (though the referencing is not). I think the nominator has misunderstood the scope of the article. It is explicitly not restricted to English although it does only seem to deal with "modern". By "regional" is meant regions of the world. If the references are improved I think it will emerge that most of this is not original research. Thincat (talk) 13:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I hadn't checked how old it is and that is quite old, back to when our notability standards were quite different. As for English/non-English of course other languages include variations but that's as they are other languages with more or fewer letters, accents, one or more distinct glyphs etc.. The article barely scratches the surface of this. But mostly the topic is entirely unsourced: the references aren't on regional handwriting variations at all but on general variation and the problems it can cause.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 14:45, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article is not about variations in "English handwriting" as the nominator understood. It's about variations in the way people write Latin letters and Arabic numerals across various global regions, spanning different cultures and languages. The references and citations could use improvements, but this topic has merit. Tchaliburton (talk) 14:49, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:57, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment For global variation in handwriting styles, we already have some good coverage in the articles Calligraphy, Palaeography, and Penmanship. One reference I was able to find about this topic is the article SURVEY OF HANDWRITING STYLES BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. I'm still undecided about this article. --Mark viking (talk) 00:51, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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