Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Contemporary Herpetology


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:22, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Contemporary Herpetology

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It exists, and noe of its several founders is notable. Merge/redirect to him as an WP:ATD might give the impression he was the only founder though, rather than on a term. Doesn't appear to have the coverage/significance to meet WP:N. It has been in CAT:NN for 12 years; hopefully we can now get the question answered. Boleyn (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academic journals-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:44, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 22:12, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Comment/likely delete A little confused. Is the nom meant to read "it no longer exists"? I note the Editor in Chief's affiliation misspells "Ithaca" ;) Sheijiashaojun (talk) 23:33, 15 August 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment There's enough in the first couple references to warrant a merge/redirect, I think, though I'm not sure what the best target would be. Joseph Bruno Slowinski is one possibility; it could also form the start of a "Journals" section in Herpetology, which is a thing that article could benefit from anyway. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 17:56, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  00:29, 23 August 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. It's perhaps better to say "it existed". According to the journal's homepage only a handful of articles was ever published, the last one in 2009. I therefore find it difficult to believe the claim that the journal was included in The Zoological Record or Current Contents. The claim that it still is indexed in these databases is patently incorrect. The journal article that is supposed to source this claims seems to have taken its info from the journal's website and therefore is not independent. MIAR does not indicate listing in any other database. Fails WP:NJournals and WP:GNG. --Randykitty (talk) 08:40, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 13:15, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Simply not notable at all. --RamotHacker (talk) 18:55, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. close enough to notable,and we should be inclusive for sources likely to be cited at WP. That is no lognerexists is irrelevant.  DGG ( talk ) 04:19, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per Randykitty. This electronic journal was very minor. Geschichte (talk) 08:14, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge and start a "Journals" section in Herpetology per . A redirect can be used to that page. I think is correct that preserving content on sources likely to be cited on wikipedia to verify content is valuable to our readers. However, equally this journal sits on the borderline of notability, and the delete arguments are convincing. A merge seems like the best solution.4meter4 (talk) 14:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge per 4meter4. Heartmusic678 (talk) 15:20, 8 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment: I don't see any evidence of this being even borderline notable, I don't see any notability at all... Please see WP:ILIKEIT. The Category:Herpetology journals currently has 11 entries (and there's probably more journals that have no article). Should that all be listed in a "journals" section in the herpetology article? Or should that section only contain non-notable journals, with the notable one listed under "see also"? (Just to be clear, I oppose a merge, too). --Randykitty (talk) 16:08, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge/Delete I'm on the fence, not even sure that a mention in a Journals section in Herpetology article would be worth it. In any event, this page should go. -- rsjaffe 🗩 🖉 22:12, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete if we accept that journals aren't automatically notable, then surely this one falls below any notability line we would draw? If their website's index is comprehensive, then the journal published just 23 papers in its 10-year existence. It isn't mentioned anywhere else that I can find. Mentioning it at Herpetology seems seriously undue, since this must be the several hundredth most important journal in the field (though I, of course, am not a herpetologist, so what do I know). If folks want to maintain mention of it on a Wikipedia page, maybe someone should start a List of herpetology journals? Otherwise I can't think of an obvious place to host more information on the journal, even if we can find it. Ajpolino (talk) 17:09, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per Randykitty. MrsSnoozyTurtle 06:07, 11 September 2021 (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.