Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White leaf phenomenon
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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 Delete --JForget 02:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] White leaf phenomenon
An IP is convinced this article is a blatant and obvious hoax and they repeatedly tag it for speedy deletion. I have no idea whether this is the case or not, so am sending it here for a wider viewing RMHED (talk) 02:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. Utter lack of Google hits indicates hoax. Wryspy (talk) 02:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Delete, appears to be a hoax. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. The way the article is written leads one to believe this is a disease that attacks all vegetation within a given area, while in fact similar phenomena can be observed at any time if one looks hard enough for sick individual plants. The grainy picture shows white flowers, which puts the truthfulness of the entire article in question. --Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 03:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Redirect and speedy close Going to be bold and redirect to Variegation which is essentially the same thing, very much not a hoax and 'White leaf' at least is a reasonable search term. Firelement85 (talk) 04:10, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- This AfD was previously closed as a redirect by someone involved in the debate. I've reopened it. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as possible hoax - Unless reliable sources can be found. The books given as reference are not found at Google books. I disagree with a redirect to Variegation. This "phenomenon" is not a form of variegation going by the article. Sting au Buzz Me... 23:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Further Comment I am a botanist and while much of the information in the article is incorrect has only been observed on two instances and Plants which experience this phenomenon have been said to die soon after, white sections on plants is real whether it is due to a mutation or as a result of breeding to make the plant more attractive, the plants won't necessarily die but they will grow slower as a result of the lowered capacity for photosynthesis and leaves in most plants is where photosynthesis occurs though it is possible to get the white on stems. I would have fleshed out the article however while researching I discovered that the phenomenon is refered to as leaf variegation and as there was a much better article already on wikipedia it would serve as a redirect because 'white leaf' is at least a reasonable search term if someone wants to know why there is white sections on their plants. Variegation currently doesn't have any references but that is something I hope to work on when I next have time, an appropriate Google search shows many journal articles that describe the instance. Firelement85 (talk) 04:07, 19 January 2008 (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.
