Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pickled mermaid

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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 Redirected to Fiji mermaid. NawlinWiki 19:05, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pickled mermaid

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Neologism, 99 ghits. MER-C 09:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete: Just a (very grotesque) marketing gimmick; fails both WP:BIO and WP:NOT.Maplewooddrive 11:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete nonsense. JJL 12:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Not at all, it was a staple of wunderkammers during the Renaissance and the Baroque. Article needs a thorough rewrite though--victor falk 12:31, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment minimally attested on Google...is this really a notable type of ornament? JJL 13:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
      • The Hated Google Test... I think that most sources would not call it "pickled mermaid", that's an impertinence typical of us moderns. O tempora, o mores, yadda, yadda. --victor falk 14:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Fiji mermaid. Any verifiable information that indictes an origin to the concept as asserted in the current article can be located (and sourced) there. Otto4711 14:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • speedy copyvio/ redirect. It's all here http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pickled+mermaid a reputable source too lol. As an aside, some of these displays could have been unfortunate victiims of sirenomelia.Merkinsmum 14:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks Otto! Actually, I now remember reading that very article years ago... and thinking "people will write about the quaintest things on wikipedia". Wikitrivia at its best.--victor falk 15:36, 29 October 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.