Talk:Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu

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[edit] Paranormal?

This creature is either a new species or a living fossil. What's that got to do with the paranormal? Totnesmartin 22:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Cryptozoology is covered by WikiProject Paranormal. Paranormal is a pretty broad term. Zagalejo 14:11, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I always think of being to do with spiritualism and ESP, that sort of thing. But maybe that's just me. BTW, the "citations needed" are all from the books I gave as references.Totnesmartin 21:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
It seems weird to me too. But the "paranormal" project is the closest thing we've got to an umbrella category for this. I suppose if we take the literal meaning of paranormal > beyond normal - then cryptozoology fits. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 17:44, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable?

If this (and presumably other similar) articles aren't notable, perhaps we ("we?") should turn them into redirects to the Living dinosaurs article, and have a section on each example.Totnesmartin 14:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 17:39, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm against it Puddytang 09:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expert review

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Closing expert review without response. --B. Wolterding 16:55, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

This review has been announced on the talk page of WikiProject Cryptozoology. Comments should be added on this page, below.

As part of the Notability wikiproject, I am trying to sort out whether this topic is notable enough to have its own article. The "importance" tag had been put on this article in December. Some sources have been given (I didn't very them); still it might be best to merge the article into a broader context. Could you tell me whether, in your opinion, the article should be kept, or merged elsewhere, or removed?

Your opinions are welcome; please add your comments below. --B. Wolterding 08:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Notability

Im my opinion, the article currently does not have enough reliable sources. Apart from private websites (not reliable per WP:SPS), only one book is cited. I don't have access to this book; but considering that it has about 600 pages, and claims to describe "347 sightings", coverage on Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu will probably not be too detailed. In particular for an unconfirmed species like this, one would like to see more support from different sides to justify an encyclopedia article.

For the moment, I am replacing the "importance" tag with "notability". Sorted as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 17:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I had a good rummage on the internet to find information on this, and the article contains pretty much all I could find. If there is no other material, then perhaps it should be merged into Living dinosaurs, along with other similar stubs. Totnesmartin 14:52, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
The only printed source on this animal is Roy P. Mackal's A Living Dinosaur? In Search of Mokele-Mbembe. E.J. Brill, 1987. ISBN 90-04-08543-2
Perhaps it is best to start a seperate wiki like Cryptids in Africa or Living dinosaurs (Africa).
From the same book, the Ndendeki (giant turtle), Mahamba (giant crocodile of 15 meters), and Ngoima (a giant monkey-eating Eagle) are listed, all without a wiki yet.
In the book Redmond O'Hanlon, No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo, 1997 there is mention of the Yombé, a 'monkey with hypnotising eyes that can kill you with these', as the party travels from the Boha village to lake Tele. --Patrick1982 19:59, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
All very interesting, but could their articles ever be more than a couple of sentences? Perhaps a list of folkloric animals in Africa would cover it. Totnesmartin 21:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] As per the external reference

it sounds like crap. For example, Mbielu-mbielu-mbielu can never mean "The animal with planks growing out of its back", because it is three times the same word. No language in human linguistics can say all that just by repeating three times the same word...--Damifb (talk) 13:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, Gorilla gorilla gorilla says a whole lot. Plus, we can only say what the source says, not what we think it should say. Wonderkleeops (talk) 21:06, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Buffalo_buffalo_comic.jpg ;) Patrick1982 (talk) 00:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

You mean Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo? What about James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher? 88.202.200.249 (talk) 23:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)