Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chuck Wakely


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The result was   redirect to List of Bermuda Triangle incidents. merge as required redirect already in place Spartaz Humbug! 11:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Chuck Wakely

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Fails WP:N by a longshot. Previous discussion was five years ago, standards have changed since then. Simply put, this guy came up with a tall tale about the Bermuda Triangle and was briefly mentioned in a few "Spooky Unsolved Mystery Anthology" books of the day. If that's all it takes for notability, I need to get working on that article about my grandpa and the fifty foot rainbow trout he caught. A prepherial figure even within the mutual backscratching society of Bermuda Triangle / Spooky Unsolved Spooky Mysteries That Are Spooky, Mysterious, And Have Not Been Solved!! crowd. Content could be merged into either Bermuda Triangle or List of Bermuda Triangle incidents, except that there is no way to verify this incident ever happening - the books that covered this sort of stuff aren't exactly the sort that are known for diligent fact-checking. The best we can hope for is that Mr. Wakely reported seeing weird things, and in my opinion that's several steps below the ships and planes that are well-documented to have disappeared. Anyway, bottom line: fails WP:N by a mile, I'll go with the flow with regards to merging, if it was up to me, I wouldn't even bother merging. Badger Drink (talk) 17:54, 29 April 2010 (UTC) (reason actually added! Badger Drink (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC))
 * Keep – Yes I admit it is weak. However, he is cited in a number of books, in fact 24 books concerning the Bermuda Triangle. As shown here .  As such, I believe he meets our requirements.  Thanks. ShoesssS Talk 19:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Actually, the cited number of books is only 12 when you filter out the duplicate editions and "Webster's Quotations" which cites the wikipedia article as its source. Treatment of Wakely in the remaining books are passing mentions only, no significant in-depth coverage, and no coverage by respected or authoritative sources. If coverage of Wakely should, at some point in the future, become more significant then the article can be recreated at that time. - LuckyLouie (talk) 20:06, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:54, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete Even if his story is 100% true it is still only one event, not coverage in depth. Better merge the whole thing into an article on the Bermuda Triangle itself. Kitfoxxe (talk) 05:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't you mean "Merge", then? Abductive  (reasoning) 03:21, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge WP:ONEEVENT, but added Chuck Wakely to the List_of_Bermuda_Triangle_incidents  Traxs 7   (Talk) 06:09, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of Bermuda Triangle incidents, his name is mentioned a lot for the 1964 incident (=1E), but he has no other notability. Abductive  (reasoning) 03:21, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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