Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hippo eats dwarf

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 keep. In terms of actually justified !votes there is a clear consensus that the improved article (dour or not) is sufficiently sourced to pass notability (non-admin closure) Nosebagbear (talk) 12:02, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hippo eats dwarf (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Questionable notability. Also the story itself is unreferenced Openlydialectic (talk) 09:06, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This was nominated for deletion in 2011 and was decided to be kept. -Kylelovesyou (talk) 23:55, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Can you provide a URL to the discussion, because there's no links on the article's talk page to previous deletion discussions. Openlydialectic (talk) 08:06, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There was no AfD as far as I can see. It was nominated in 2009 for speedy deletion as a G3 (hoax) which was declined (an article about a hoax is not itself a hoax). It was also nominated in 2010 under A7 which is an equally inappropriate criterion. SpinningSpark 22:44, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:30, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The Snopes source in the article gives a good account of the history (and much of it is currently missing from the article). Together with the fact that this has reappeared in "proper" newspapers in at least three bursts at different times and is the title of Boese's book, who also gives an account of its history, is enough to get it past GNG for me. SpinningSpark 16:36, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, Hippos only eat dwarf vegetables SpinningSpark 16:38, 20 October 2018 (UTC) [reply]

• Comment. User:Kylelovesyou is the creator of the article and his comment above can likely be taken as a "keep", although that was not explicitly stated. SpinningSpark 16:43, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of urban legends, where there is already an entry for it. Deb (talk) 14:53, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of urban legends. By the way, did you know that hippos kill an average of 2,900 people a year? True fact. Carrite (talk) 12:50, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep WP:HEY, I added some WP:RS. Also, there was a 2006 book that took this hoax for its title. We could consider making this a page about the book. I added a few sources about that book, including book reviews. More sources are available in in news archives. Note that a topic does not have to be dour to be notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Per the massive improvements to the article. I find the story grim and tragic, and fail to see any humour in it. Dour it is, notable it is, and must be kept. XavierItzm (talk) 22:48, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Spinningspark has convinced me. Isingness (talk) 02:23, 1 November 2018 (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.