Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elk trout

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete, apparent hoax. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 11:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elk trout

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Hoax article. There is no species as Salmo cervus, or a fish with a common name as "elk trout". The "the Elk trout have minor horns protruding just above their eyes" sentence is a dead giveaway. Article creation is the editor's only contributions to Wikipedia. Neil916 (Talk) 08:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as hoax. There are plenty of lodges named Elk Trout Lodge, but there is no elk trout (salmo cervus). SWAdair 09:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax. - Eron ^Talk 16:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete, hoax, creator having no other contributions is always a bad sign. Newyorkbrad 18:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

This sounds like another version of jackalope. Suggest a redirect? 68.39.174.238 21:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

No basis for that. This is a bogus fish whose name is a pun on the Elks organization, no relation to jackalope. Newyorkbrad 23:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Comment Jackalope is an article about a hoax; this article is a hoax. A key difference. - Eron ^Talk 01:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Granted, but that can easily be solved by a redirect. There are tons of these "tourist-fooling" animals, including the close relative to this, the "fur-bearing trout". However, given that I can't turn up pages on Google even about the HOAX, it seems destined for deletion as unverifyable rather then redirectable. 68.39.174.238 07:25, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete as hoax. TSO1D 21:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
• Note: Hoax articles are not candidates for speedy deletion. Neil916 (Talk) 22:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Noted, thanks. Newyorkbrad 23:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

• Comment If Wikipedia adopted a Limbo namespace, this article could be moved to Limbo during the discussion on deletion. Moving an article to Limbo would remove it from the article namespace and prevent search engines from delivering suspicious content while the community decides whether to keep or delete it. For more information, see the discussion on establishing the Limbo namespace. Fg2 01:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete hoax. Doczilla 02:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:HOAX. —ShadowHalo 03:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete But feel free to add a note about it to my discussion page and il get it into a folklore article if it fits !paradigm! 03:11, 18 December 2006 (UTC)!paradigm

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.