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====First and second deletion nominations====
On 3 January 2005, the Toki Pona article was first nominated for deletion; for the first time. Discussion ended onby 21 January, and consensus was to keep the articleit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref>
On 30 May 2007, the article was nominatedrenominated for deletion for the second time. Discussion ended onBy 6 June, with consensus beingwas to delete the article.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona_(2nd_nomination)|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona (2nd nomination)|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> However, on 9 July, thisThis decision was discussedreviewed inon a9 deletionJuly review.and Onoverturned on 14 July, thedue deletionto was overturned "in light offinding new information" discussed.sources;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_July_9|title=Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 9|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> On 25 July, the deleted article moved backreturned to mainspace on 25 July.
====First good article nomination and reassessment====
On 3 September 2008, the Toki Pona article was first nominated as a language and literature good article., Thealbeit reviewwith seemsa to be quite arather weak one,review consideringcompared Wikipedia'sto reviewingthe guidelines are already in existence.,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria&oldid=228989565</ref> The review simply readsreading:<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona/GA1</ref>
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I believe that this article is worthy of Good Article status. It's [''{{w|sic}}''] prose is excellent, and goes into depth about its subject. Certain sections of the article could be expanded slightly, but it has done enough to recieve [''sic''] good article status.
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On 13 March 2010, itanother wasuser requested to check whether the good article (GA) status of the Toki Pona article needed reassessment. The reviewer, criticizedcriticizing many unreferenced sections, inconsistent citation formatting, overreliance on primary sources and personal websites, and excessive detail. The assessment was placed on hold to give contributors a chance to improve the article. The only reply was by a self-described major contributor to the article, who said, "it doesn't feel particularly GA to me. More fun than encyclopedic".<ref name=":12">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona/GA2</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sonjaaa&oldid=371038617#GA_reassessment_of_Toki_Pona</ref> On 20 March, the good article status was delisted from "Language and literature good articles".<ref name=":12" />
====Third and fourth deletion nominations====
On 5 February 2012, the article was nominatedagain renominated for deletion for the third time.;<ref name=":0">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona_(3rd_nomination)</ref> Discussion ended onby 13 February, and consensus was to keep the articleit.<ref name=":0" />
On 15 March 2013, the article was nominatedrenominated for deletion for thea fourth time.;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona_(4th_nomination)|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona (4th nomination)|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref><ref name="wikipedia-deletion-forums">{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2203|title=toki pona article on wikipedia up for deletion|website=Toki Pona Forums|name={{tok|jan Mato}}|username=janMato|date=2013-03-16|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> Discussion ended onby 23 March;, consensus was also to keep the articleit.
====Increased viewership and second good article nomination====
On 23 March 2018, the article reached a peak in viewership<ref>https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2018-02-24&end=2018-04-24&pages=Toki_Pona Before the video usually about 200 people visited the page every day. On the day of the publication it is 650, the next day the number reaches as high as 1819, and the two following days, 997 and 633, respectively.</ref> after the YouTube channel Langfocus published a [[Videos by non-Tokiponists|video on Toki Pona]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4y7tf3VJAM</ref>
On 8 January 2019, the article was nominatedrenominated as a language and literature good article for the second time.<ref name=":16">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona</ref> The nomination process continued throughout most of the year. As of 3 September, theanother revieweruser of the good article nomination was not responding,replaced<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiw/Talkindex.php?title=Wikipedia:Toki_Pona/GA3Good_article_nominations&diff=913905283&oldid=9138964</ref> the unresponsive reviewer;<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:IJzeren_Jan#Talk:Toki_Pona/GA3</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wwiki/index.php?title=WikipediaUser_talk:Good_article_nominations&diff=908513028&oldid=908492735IJzeren_Jan#Talk:Toki_Pona/GA3</ref> so another reviewer took his place.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations&diff=913905283908513028&oldid=9138964908492735</ref> Later on 30 September, the pagenomination passed good article criteria, becoming a language and literature good article.<ref name=":16" /><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Toki_Pona&diff=918875037&oldid=913905169</ref> and the former reviewer later appeared with additional comments.<ref name=":18">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona/GA4</ref> After this, the former reviewer appeared with additional comments.<ref name=":18" />
On 4 October 2019, some facts from the Toki Pona article on Wikipedia were nominated to appear in the "Did you know …" column on the Wikipedia main page.<ref name=":19">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Toki_Pona</ref> <!--As of 13 October, an editor had indicated willingness to review the nomination.<ref name=":19" /><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Toki_Pona&diff=921067761&oldid=919691978</ref>--> A fact about the [[number of words]] (as recognized [[Post-pu era|pre-{{tp|ku}}]]) was approved on 28 October<ref name=":19" /><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Toki_Pona&diff=923370531&oldid=923282973</ref> and later appeared on 4 November,<ref name=":16" /><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions#5_November_2019</ref> generating over 9,000 views (compared to abouta 280–380typical 280–380 views on a regular day).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Statistics#November_2019</ref><ref>https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2019-10-20&end=2019-11-05&pages=Toki_Pona</ref>
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Did you know ... that Toki Pona, a constructed language devised in 2001, uses only around 120 to 125 root words?
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