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The result was delete. Tone 17:03, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

South Africans of Hispanic descent (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Probable WP:HOAX. I am admittedly unfamiliar with the immigration situation in South Africa, but in my Gbooks searches I cannot find any evidence of significant population movement from Spain or Latin American countries, Mark González notwithstanding. Furthermore, the article creator CARLMART was indef-blocked last year for adding lots of vaguely-plausible-sounding statements to articles about human migration, which later turned out to be complete and utter lies --- see the ANI report. cab (talk) 15:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. There is no significant Spanish or Hispanic community in SA (as opposed to, say, the Greek or Portuguese communities). I can find nothing to indicate that there ever was immigration beyond the normal flow of people back and forth. So even if this is not a hoax it fails both the verifiability and notability checks. 9Nak (talk) 16:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Yet another completely unsourced ethnicity article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, while there are a few Hispanics who have migrated to South Africa, there is definitely not a big enough number for anything noteworthy. Tavix (talk) 04:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete As noted above, completely unsourced. Enough buzzwords are thrown in to make it sound encyclopedic: "Most Spanish South Africans are Castilians and Basques. There are some Galician, Catalan, Andalusian, Aragonese, Asturian, Gypsy, Spanish Jewish, Filipino Spaniards and Chinese ethnicities in Spanish population." If the author can't tell us where he/she got something like this from, are we supposed to assume it to be true? "They may also speak one of official South African Bantu languages, like Zulu, Tswana, and Xitsonga." They may, but I read that they have to say "por favor" first. Take my word for it. Mandsford (talk) 13:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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