Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barracoda

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The result was delete. Mailer Diablo 08:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barracoda

I prod'ed this article several weeks ago, but the tag was removed by the author. The author appears to have done research into this fish called a "Barracoda". That's awesome, but it violates No Original Research. Since my prod, the author added two sources, a fishbase listing of the Sphyraenidae genus of the Barracuda species (just a listing, no real source). And an extremely long veterinary journal entry about shiny eyes in fish.

I have no doubt at all that there is some great research going on here, but it's original research, and Wikipedia is being used as the vehicle for publishing it. The professor (and marine biologist) who wrote it even admits that he just discovered it and is "tickled pink" about his discovery. I'm sure there's some venue for publishing of this caliber, but Wikipedia in its current form just doesn't seem like the right place. Let's add this article after it gets published in a journal. Alphachimp ^talk 05:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom and WP:NOR. Please come back and create the article when there are published sources that describe this phenomenon and use this name for it. — Haeleth Talk 11:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and WP:NOR. --Tuspm^{(C | @)} 12:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete. Looks like a big old hoax to me. None of this is verifiable, and the name is a cute pun. NawlinWiki 12:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - If this information has not been published yet, then it is original research. --Joelmills 01:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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