Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bearded dragons as pets


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The result was   merge to Pogona. Spartaz Humbug! 04:20, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Bearded dragons as pets

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Essentially a "how to" guide on keeping Bearded Dragons as pets. Wikipedia is not a guidebook. There is already an article on the animal itself, separate from this one.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  00:14, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete because WP is not a how-to guide. However the article is a nice how-to article. A small amount of info could be added to the main bearded dragon article, as well as to whatever article we have on reptiles (or lizards) as pets. Borock (talk) 00:46, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - This looks like a strong merge candidate for some sort of Reptiles as Pets piece. Carrite (talk) 13:46, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I am loathe to delete this outright. Here is the ENTIRE reference to Reptiles-as-Pets in the main article Reptiles: "Due to reptiles lacking feathers or fur, reptiles are used as pets by people with allergies." Unless some suitable merge target emerges, I would propose that this article be dealt with as a Keep + Retitle + Expand. Carrite (talk) 13:50, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Sometimes it's shocking to find out what we don't have articles on. Still what is needed is an article on lizards as pets, not one specifically on bearded dragons as pets. Borock (talk) 14:47, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge - as Borock says, Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. Some could be merged with Pogona (our Bearded dragon article), and the how-to stuff can be merged with wikibooks:Animal Care/Bearded Dragon. I would also support using some of this to create a "pets" section for Reptile.  — Mr. Stradivarius  ♫ 18:53, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge anything useful into Pogona. A separate article is unneeded.  Deli nk (talk) 19:34, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge, some useful information here but not enough to justify a stand-alone article. doom gaze   (talk)  18:27, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Would this be appropriate for a transwiki to Wikibooks? Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:52, 29 May 2011 (UTC).
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