Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bird flapping causes death


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The result was   Speedy delete - Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:49, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Bird flapping causes death

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I think this might be a hoax. I searched for this study, and found nothing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:09, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions.  -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:12, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Lack of references means this extreme claim fails verifiability, a core policy of Wikipedia. The claims, on the surface, seem likely to be a hoax. Even if some journal article was the basis for the claims, not every finding from a journal article is notable enough for an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia does not mirror the content of tens of thousands of journal articles every month. If the claims were an established fact, solidly referenced to reliable sources, then it could be added to the article Bird flight. Edison (talk) 14:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Oh give me a break. Parrots can live 100 years and they flap their wings a lot. Hummingbirds would not even live one year if this "theory" was correct. Borock (talk) 16:52, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Probable hoax. Even if the 'Scottish birdwatching association' exists it does not commission noteworthy research. There is the British Trust for Ornithology which does. The best hoaxes are ones which mimic references to genuine bodies and real research. The writer has probably laid a bet on how long it can stay in Wikipedia before somebody spots it. AJHingston (talk) 17:02, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Certain hoax One flap per second is 3600/hour.  Article claims bird dies after 10000 flaps = 3 hours.  Absurd.  I've tagged it db-hoax and blanked the content.  EEng (talk) 17:23, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. There is literally nothing left in the article now but maintenance templates.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 18:04, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I wanted to speedy it, but I wasn't certain whether the person had meant to type more zeros. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:35, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - the faster the better!  Dewritech (talk)  18:44, 21 January 2011 (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.