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Linquist William Stokoe

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I don't believe William (bill) Stokoe was a Linquist. He certainly was not hired as Linquist when he started his work at Gallaudet. He was hired as an English teacher. So when he first saw Sign Language it wasn't through the lens of a linguist it was as an English teacher. He studied with two Linquist while Gallaudet which was part of his interest in the language. I don't believe he had a degree in linguistics therefor I don't think he could be identified as Linquist William Stokoe.

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Article review

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It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed that there were a lot of uncited statements in the "Morphology" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 23:07, 27 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

GA Reassessment

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted. TompaDompa (talk) 20:39, 1 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Lots of uncited statements in the "Morphology" section. Z1720 (talk) 02:57, 16 December 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

It seems most of the uncited material was added in this one edit in April 2023. Maybe someone more knowledgeable about ASL or more familiar with the sourcing could try rescuing some of that, but if not it could just be deleted. Erinius (talk) 12:58, 16 December 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Deleted it. Erinius (talk) 14:56, 19 December 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Wiki Education assignment: Rhetorical Traditions

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 January 2026 and 8 May 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): TerpAndTranslator (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Cplchaos (talk) 22:21, 18 April 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

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