Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great spider
- 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. and lightly salted. Liz Read! Talk! 18:33, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
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seemingly a case of repeated creation, pseudoscience, and not particularly notable. would recommend salting as well DrowssapSMM (talk) 17:40, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Animal and Biology. DrowssapSMM (talk) 17:40, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Previous deletion discussions: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Spider, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jba fofi. Plantdrew (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Delete Looks like this was recreated by the same author. It also does not seem to be notable. FlutterDash344 (talk) 18:59, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Redirect to The Giant Spider InvasionRedirect to Wild Wild West#WritingDelete per the above. XOR'easter (talk) 20:09, 28 August 2023 (UTC)- Delete: A collection of anecdotes with nothing holding them together but WP:OR. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 21:44, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Comment I wonder if the article would be slightly more acceptable as Great spiders, instead of sort of focusing on one Nessie, "the creature" per current lead. Still, current sources aren't great. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:20, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
- G4 Speedy delete and salt - Inappropriate repeat re-creation. The notability and source reliability issues raised in the previous AfDs still stand. –dlthewave ☎ 15:23, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
- Given that the purported creature has been listed in several more sources in the intervening years and is found in at least four published fiction works [added to the article], I thought that another stab at this would be appropriate. Marino73 (talk) 16:35, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
- Being in fiction doesn't really help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:14, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
- Given that the purported creature has been listed in several more sources in the intervening years and is found in at least four published fiction works [added to the article], I thought that another stab at this would be appropriate. Marino73 (talk) 16:35, 1 September 2023 (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.