Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Two Headed Alligator

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Two Headed Alligator

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This article is, I am afraid, unsalvageable. The entirety of its sources are fabricated, & the entire section about "Bite or Smite" refers to work that allegedly happened a full nine years before the WPA was created. It's a hoax perpetuated by a local artist. Bubbaprog (talk) 20:39, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As stated by the nom, the actual supposed "creature" that this article is about was an orchestrated hoax. So, at the very least, the article can not exist in its current form where it falsely describes this as an actual piece of folklore. And, as it was not a particularly notable hoax, I don't really see it passing the WP:GNG in general. There's a handful of articles mentioning it, but none of it goes beyond just run of the mill news of the day. There is nothing to show any real lasting notability of the hoax. Rorshacma (talk) 16:54, 7 May 2019 (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.