Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rainbow Squid

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 of the debate was no consensus. – Robert ^{T | @ | C} 00:53, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rainbow Squid

Fictional animal from an Animal Planet documentary. Not notable enough to merit it's own entry; not even sure if the show, "The Future Is Wild" merits it's own entry or belongs on Animal Planet Jasmol 19:49, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. I have never heard about the show, but the squid does not deserve its own article. Schutz 20:05, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Next thing you know, some Napoleon Dynamite fan will be posting about Ligers. Jessicadavidson 20:08, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Ligers are real and we do have an article about them. Andrew Levine 01:41, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per original. Andrew Levine 01:41, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, the original show has been released on DVD and has its own theme park so it clearly passes notability. The article for The Future is Wild will be too large and unmanageable if everything is forced to be merged into it. That leaves the options of separate pages for each future organism, separate page by future date (I would argue that that would be too unmanageable as well), or separate article by episode. Right now, most of the organisms have their own pages and the rainbow squid page is consistent with that. Please note that this TV series is used as an educational tool in classrooms across the world so if you afd patrolers axe this, please do so in a way that does not destroy content. Students will be looking to wikipedia regarding this. --Aranae 08:09, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. This is a very notable show, not just a simple Animal Planet documentary. This entry may merit a merge into a page of creatures from its era, but definitely not a delete, nor (given the number of creatures) a merge into the main page. Turnstep 20:42, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Izehar 22:23, 28 November 2005 (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.