Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exposure in animal skin


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The result was delete per WP:V. The relevant passage at the end of the sixth book of The Golden Ass (1566 English translation) reads:


 * But one of the theeves after every man had declared his judgement, did speake in this manner: it is not convenient unto the oath of our company, to suffer you to waxe more cruell then the quality of the offence doth merit, for I would that shee should not be hanged nor burned, nor throwne to beasts, nor dye any sodaine death, but by my council I would have her punished according to her desert. You know well what you have determined already of this dull Asse, that eateth more then he is worth, that faineth lamenesse, and that was the cause of the flying away of the Maid: my mind is that he shall be slaine to morrow, and when all the guts and entrailes of his body is taken out, let the Maide be sowne into his belly, then let us lay them upon a great stone against the broiling heate of the Sunne, so they shall both sustaine all the punishments which you have ordained: for first the Asse shall be slaine as you have determined, and she shall have her members torne and gnawn with wild beasts, when as she is bitten and rent with wormes, shee shall endure the paine of the fire, when as the broyling heat of the Sunne shall scortch and parch the belly of the Asse, shee shall abide the gallows when the Dogs and Vultures shall have the guts of her body hanging in their ravenous mouthes. (emphasis by closing admin)

As one can see, the author has a fictional character in his novel come up with the idea for this execution method. There's no indication that it was ever put into practice in real life, as the article asserts. Accordingly, the subject is unverifiable as a real execution method, and it seems that nobody argues that it is notable as a fictional execution method. Sandstein (talk) 17:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Exposure in animal skin

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Please, delete this! No source from July 2007. How Come????????????????? Cut-and-pasted here from article itself. ➨ REDVEЯS is always ready to dynamically make tea 18:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep: It's got a source: not a particularly specific citation, but Apuleius is a pretty venerable source. Be nice to have more than just him, but for a stub, that's enough for me for presumptive notability. Remember, per policy being short is not a crime. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:30, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, keep. I don't have a copy of Apuleius handy, but I'll grab one the next time I have a chance and see if I can improve the cite. This article could use a better title, but I don't know what it would be. (And I really wish I hadn't followed some of those links just before turning in...) -- BPMullins | Talk 04:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete unless citations from reliable sources are added to comply with the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 20:46, 9 April 2008 (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.