Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Čagalj


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The result was delete. L Faraone  01:16, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Čagalj

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Apparently a hoax. I cannot find any sources that support any of this. Adam9007 (talk) 01:43, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

It's not a hoax, but it is exaggerated and unsourced. It's the Croat word for jackal. singular Čagalj plural Čagljevi. If you go to the English article on jackals and click on the 'Hrvatski' link under Languages you'll reach the Croatian page on jackals. At the end of the article is a section on jackals in Croatia (Čagalj u Hrvatskoj) that states that a subspecies of the golden jackal is seen in southern Croatia and Slavonia, that they are a pest in winter when they come into settlements in search of food and that they can be mistaken for foxes. They are real, not mythical. I doubt that the information currently in the Čagalj article is notable and see no evidence of jackals being any more dangerous than wolves but if someone has reliable secondary evidence regarding jackals or mythical jackals in Croatia it would surely be better placed in the jackals article or one of the articles regarding individual species, such as the European jackal. Regards Guffydrawers (talk) 12:27, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable. No refs. Foreign language term not used in English. Equivalent term exists in English.
 * Yes, there is a real Čagalj, but the Čagalj described in this article doesn't seem to exist (that is, I've been unable to verify the existence of such a myth). The article doesn't appear to be about jackal mythology; it states outright that the Čagalj is a mythical animal, only it isn't. Which is why I think this may be a hoax, or at the very least factually inaccurate (though I'm not sure how one can mistake a real animal for a mythical one). Adam9007 (talk) 20:52, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Factually inaccurate. We should assume good faith and there is insufficient evidence to call this a hoax, which is deliberate deceit. Guffydrawers (talk) 06:19, 21 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - as pointed out this is the Croatian term for jackal, which has its own article hr:Čagljevi (in the plural form, Čagalj redirects to Čagljevi). If there is a mythical creature, it's not called Čagalj. —Мандичка YO 😜 00:16, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Croatia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
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