Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flesh eating beetles

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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 Redirect. Carlossuarez46 19:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flesh eating beetles

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This is a WP:COATRACK article being used to promote a book entitled: Beetles & Bones: Care, Feeding, and Use of Dermestid Beetles by Bud Jillett , see Authorsden.com. Username that created this article is BudJillet, though the reference to the book in the article gives another author name. Violates WP:ADVERT. Suspect the two paragraphs in the article may be copyvio from the book. OfficeGirl 04:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. Well, I was surprised to find out this was actually true. Anyway, while an article on Dermestes maculatus (the beetle in question) would certainly be appreciated, this is not anything of the sort. Someguy1221 05:00, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - I think it's a copy vio, if not, it's definitely OR - Though the subject is notable, it needs to be on the appropriate taxonomic article page and needs to have much better content. As per nom, this may just be a way to advertise the said book. Thanks, Spawn Man 05:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge This is a perfectly good subject. Every museum that shows stuffed animals uses them. And science labs still use them. Definitely encyclopedic, if a little creepy. Merge to the Dermestidae article at worst. I'm sure references are out there. MarkBul 05:08, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes, this is a perfectly good subject, but the content is almost certainly OR or a Copy Vio and it would add nothing to the main beetle article - Since we already have an article for the flesh eating beetles, there's no point in keeping it unless it's made into a redirect to the mentioned article. Cheers, Spawn Man 05:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete & Redirect I was waiting for someone to figure out the name before posting. Dermestidae would be a good target for this. Because of the concerns of possible Copyvio, and no real additional information added, this would be the best solution in my opinion. Turlo Lomon 06:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Dermestidae... I think people are likely to search on this term (there's an episode of Dirty Jobs where they're called this), but where they should end up is at the Dermestidae page (I'd like to see the description of their usage by humans expanded in that article, though). Pinball22 15:12, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • #REDIRECT [[Dermestidae]] ←BenB4 17:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


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.