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I would like to make an objection to delete this article. I do apologize for not making it clear that English Phonetic Alphabet is applied and taught in worldwide. It was fielded in private school in South Korea during 2010 and is currently used to teach children at aboriginal reservation area in Northern Ontario. In addition, EPA is acknowledged by TESL (teachers of English as a second language) Ontario, the most creditable and recognized non-profitable teaching professional association in Ontario that providing support for teachers, students, and government bodies. Workshops were held in TESL Ontario 2010 fall conference to help the industry and the public learn about EPA. The lesson was webcasted and is available in the TESL Ontario Conference Webcast Archives. Usually TESL will publish lesson in conferences onto their website 4 months later. I expect it will come out in early February and it can greatly improve the notability of this wiki article. I will also use these two more weeks to find more creditable sources for citation.
The article English phonetic alphabet is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/English phonetic alphabet until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. rʨanaɢ ( talk) 00:42, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Regardless of the discussion regarding whether the EPA article gets deleted from Wikipedia, I just glanced over it and quickly noticed several problems with either the article or the EPA itself, which you might want to consider. I don't know if these are just errors in your transcriptions (which seem to, in many cases, have been written by someone with a limited knowledge of the IPA and phonetics) or shortcomings in the system itself:
These are serious problems; some are problems with the article and the materials, but some are problems with the writing system itself. It's no wonder this alphabet has not been adopted by any major dictionaries; what I find surprising is that it has been adopted by even the few classrooms that have adopted it so far... rʨanaɢ ( talk) 01:25, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
The image you uploaded ( File:Vowel chart.jpg) needs to have explicit permission for use on Wikipedia. This needs to be verified through OTRS, which is a system for sending e-mail verification that you have permission to use this on Wikimedia projects. You can find more information at commons:Permission. rʨanaɢ ( talk) 20:04, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Welcome!
Hello, Williamchacha, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as English phonetic alphabet, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{ helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! rʨanaɢ ( talk) 20:33, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
The article English phonetic alphabet has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the
proposed deletion process, but other
deletion processes exist. The
speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and
articles for deletion allows discussion to reach
consensus for deletion.
rʨanaɢ (
talk)
20:33, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
I would like to make an objection to delete this article. I do apologize for not making it clear that English Phonetic Alphabet is applied and taught in worldwide. It was fielded in private school in South Korea during 2010 and is currently used to teach children at aboriginal reservation area in Northern Ontario. In addition, EPA is acknowledged by TESL (teachers of English as a second language) Ontario, the most creditable and recognized non-profitable teaching professional association in Ontario that providing support for teachers, students, and government bodies. Workshops were held in TESL Ontario 2010 fall conference to help the industry and the public learn about EPA. The lesson was webcasted and is available in the TESL Ontario Conference Webcast Archives. Usually TESL will publish lesson in conferences onto their website 4 months later. I expect it will come out in early February and it can greatly improve the notability of this wiki article. I will also use these two more weeks to find more creditable sources for citation.
The article English phonetic alphabet is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/English phonetic alphabet until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. rʨanaɢ ( talk) 00:42, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Regardless of the discussion regarding whether the EPA article gets deleted from Wikipedia, I just glanced over it and quickly noticed several problems with either the article or the EPA itself, which you might want to consider. I don't know if these are just errors in your transcriptions (which seem to, in many cases, have been written by someone with a limited knowledge of the IPA and phonetics) or shortcomings in the system itself:
These are serious problems; some are problems with the article and the materials, but some are problems with the writing system itself. It's no wonder this alphabet has not been adopted by any major dictionaries; what I find surprising is that it has been adopted by even the few classrooms that have adopted it so far... rʨanaɢ ( talk) 01:25, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
The image you uploaded ( File:Vowel chart.jpg) needs to have explicit permission for use on Wikipedia. This needs to be verified through OTRS, which is a system for sending e-mail verification that you have permission to use this on Wikimedia projects. You can find more information at commons:Permission. rʨanaɢ ( talk) 20:04, 28 January 2011 (UTC)