Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Essex lion sighting


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The result was   delete. Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 07:51, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Essex lion sighting

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This is a not notable, it was simply a hoax. An appearance on the news doesn't create notability. JetBlast (talk) 22:59, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:NOT. Just because something happens, somewhere on earth, doesn't mean we need an article about it.  This event has already been deleted once/twice from British big cats, and it's still mentioned there with a cite-needed tag.  If a hoax, scrap it; if it turns out the lion is a zoo escapee, copy the refs and (maybe) put them in the BBC article, then delete this.  Wikipedia is not a newspaper. --Seduisant (talk) 23:59, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Mephistophelian (talk) 04:58, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - This is a news article not an encyclopedia article. -- Whpq (talk) 16:22, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree.  Rcsprinter  (Gimme a message)  @ 20:26, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Run-of-the-mill news event unlikely to have any lasting importance. CtP  (t • c) 00:43, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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