Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harmful snakes

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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 keep. Please defer merge-related discussion to article talk. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harmful snakes

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This list can only be POV. What defines a harmful snake. Most snakes can harm a human in one way or another (i.e. anacondas are not venomous but could crush you). Just an unencyclopedic article. ~ Joe Jklin (T C) 09:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep but either merge into "Snake" article or rename "Venomous snakes". Anacondas don't seem to be contemplated in article.--Wehwalt 12:11, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into Snake. Terence Ong 13:46, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into snake. If we go on to harmful reptiles we probably would wind up with most species. The bacteria contained in most reptile's saliva could kill through sepsis, so we come to the conclusion that there is hardly an innocuous snake. Alf photoman 14:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into Venomous snake, see below.Keep, but change into / move to Venomous snakes or List of venomous snakes (which both currently redirect to Snake). --Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 14:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and move and flag for improvement per Wehwalt, Cpt. Morgan, et. al. The subject of poisonous snakes is of perennial interest, and deserves an article of its own. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Move to List of venomous snakes per above. This is precisely the sort of thing that encyclopedias are good at keeping track of. --Dhartung | Talk 16:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Move per above; excellent example of the usefulness of a list within an article (and change to 'Venomous' not 'harmful'). SkierRMH 20:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge into snake article. There is actually almost no content in the Snake article under the section on Venomous snakes. Wikipedia needs a page to help identify a snake which has bitten someone so they can get the correct medical care. And the article notes these are dangerous, venomous, and sometimes kill the people they bite. That sounds pretty harmful to the bite victims. Not everyone loves rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads. Edison 21:45, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or rename to "Venomous snakes" or something. And for GOD SAKES, KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE PLANE!!! Wavy G 01:33, 17 January 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.