Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bow riding

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 redirect to Cetacean intelligence#Complex play. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:04, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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No references; not enough content to warrant an article.  Liam987(talk) 02:22, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• keep or merge (though I'm not sure where to put it). There are tons of hits on this and it appears all over the place in the scholarly literature. It's simply a stub that has never been fleshed out. Mangoe (talk) 14:12, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Only two article namespace pages link to it: Cetacean intelligence and Long-beaked common dolphin. It's absolutely a term that's mentioned in publications, but it's no more than that: a term. There's not enough information on the subject to fill an article. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. There's not even anything to merge: Cetacean intelligence#Complex play has as much information on bow riding as the article itself does.  Liam987(talk) 20:39, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete : Yes, of course such behaviour should be mentioned in the article on dolphins (etc.); but to separate it out like this almost guarantees it will not be read. If it simply duplicates as per Liam987, then delete anyway. Imaginatorium (talk) 09:00, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Cetacean intelligence#Complex play, where it is mentioned. The phenomenon is obviously verifiable in many sources; our article on dolphins has a dolphin bow riding as its lede picture. GScholar shows 607 hits for "bow riding". So deletion is out of the question. Until someone gathers the reliable sources to write a solid article on this topic, redirecting to Cetacean intelligence#Complex play, where it is mentioned, seems the best course. I'll also note that there is also a form of human bow riding, (riding on the bow of a boat) that is usually dangerous and illegal. --Mark viking (talk) 03:16, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be good with this redirect. Mangoe (talk) 15:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.