Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drop Bear

On 29 July 2004, Drop Bear was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. Rossami 00:33, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

MYTHICAL Australian marsupials, according to the article, but it also claims they fall on tourists and cause horrific injuries, images of which are suppressed by the govt. Yeah right. Supposed to be humorous, but seems a little juvenile. Needs work to survive IMMHO. Moriori This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * I've no idea if this is a "real" myth or not, but I'll note that we have a good article for Jackalope and a category:fictional species. Jgm 02:51, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Note that the article has been present since June 2003 and many editors have made contributions to it. It's an article about a joke, I think we have a few of them. (Keep) -- Tim Starling 02:52, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * This is a well-known joke, amongst other things referenced (but not originated) by a prominent advertising campaign for Bundaberg Rum. Keep.--Robert Merkel 03:09, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It's in Terry Pratchett's The Last Continent, if nowhere else. Haha funny.  If the article makes it clear that this is a jackalope-critter, it can stay, but only with a clean up. Geogre 04:15, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * You know, I'm changing to flat out keep. All we need to do is edit very, very slightly. Geogre 13:02, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll have to abstain&mdash;I copyedited the article a few hours ago. But if you examine its history, you'll see that I, too, thought the article was a joke.  --Ardonik 05:10, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- Chuq 08:06, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's a reasonably well known Australian legend, and a very funny way to scare foreign tourists. Ambivalenthysteria 13:33, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Maybe there should be a common mythical creatures catagory to link this kind of article. I believe that as long as there is a legitimate, established legend/myth then it should stay (pending cleanup). Therefore, my vote is Keep&mdash; --tmoore 11:23, 29 Jul 2004 (EST)
 * Keep. Well known humorous urban legend. Article needs some cleanup though. --Gene_poole 23:30, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, it's a real mythical creature. :-) p.s. I have made Dropbear a redirect to it, that's the spelling I always thought was correct, and Google suggests that both are widely used. &mdash;Stormie 23:35, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * Juvenile but well-known. Even this ignorant Yank has heard of them. Keep. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 05:32, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. The dropbear is a common myth here in Australia.
 * Keep. The page may never be very interesting, but it serves as a useful definition + explanation.  I do like the "mythical creatures" page idea from tmoore above.  DJP 02:10, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a humorous myth here in Australia, I think it would be a shame if it was deleted.  --AxSkov 11:14, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article is clearly linked from listings of joke animals: and it is indeed a real and common joke animal in Oz: not only used on foreign tourists. --GPoss 12:06, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)