Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Celebrity bears


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The result was Keep and rename (closed by non-admin). RMHED (talk) 23:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Celebrity bears

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Came to this article through the main page FA. Basically, I don't see anything in this page, apart from the first subsection, The Great Bear of Burtonport, which doesn't have its own article, that isn't better covered by the individual articles linked from this page and the "famous bears" category. Thoughts? Seems like it could be a redundant list. h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 22:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, rename, and improve. The presence of a category doesn't obviate the need for an article (per WP:CLS).  The category is somewhat ill defined since it doesn't differentiate between fictional and non-fictional bears.  Bears are a notable topic, so a List of (notable) bears is appropriate.  Besides, "celebrity bears" makes it sound like the article is going to be about something totally different. Torc2 (talk) 23:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename as above. I've added a brief iparagraph on Pipaluk. There are no doubt considerably more that could be added. Grutness...wha?  00:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename as above. While I'd expected something about cartoon characters like Yogi and Bob Boo, this is about real bears that have been used in circuses, zoos, etc. To the extent that an individual bear is notable (anyone remember TV's Gentle Ben?), this would be it.  Mandsford (talk) 01:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as above. -  Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  01:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * How about renaming it to "List of famous bears"?--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 19:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I was thinking something like List of notable non-fictional bears. Typically we're supposed to avoid the word "notable" in lists, but I think it's OK here since there's already a list of bears for species. Torc2 (talk) 19:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


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