Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geier hitch


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 04:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Geier hitch
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Despite extensive discussion over several years, no independent refs have been found to support the existence of this claimed cattle handling technique. If such a memorable technique did exist, it would not be hard to find refs. It is clearly a hoax or joke. Richard New Forest (talk) 11:18, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Not a hoax, see Geier Hitch: Livestock, Low-technology, Cattle, Nose ring (animals), Scrotum, Cow hitch, Nasal septum, Testicle, Slip knot, Stud (animal), Geier, Cruelty to animals, Artificial insemination ISBN 978-6130684310 or International encyclopaedia of agricultural science and technology, Vol 6. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 12:28, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It's time for you to read User:Fences and windows/Unreliable sources. And yes, that encyclopaedia is the very one brought up before that does not in fact document this subject, as one can see by reading what it has to say. Uncle G (talk) 12:50, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * My research yields the same problem as discussed at length on the talk page. The one source that I can find post-dates this article and possibly drew its information from it, and doesn't even provide a stub's worth of information on the topic in any event.  No sources means no article.  The whole of this is unverifiable.  Delete. Unfortunately, this has led me to visit some of the other contributions by  such as  and Geier. Uncle G (talk) 12:50, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok this is was rather hasty on my part (the ISBN has convinced me :) I've struck my incompetent vote above. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 13:13, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It's a common Google Books mistake &mdash; and now seemingly an A9 mistake, too. Fences and windows' page exists in part because you're not the first to have made it.  &#9786;  See the pages that it in turn links to.  Uncle G (talk) 13:26, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I know similar mistakes happen - this isn't my first experience with G-Books or Wiki mirrors. To be honest, this error was caused by my hunger: I hurried to lunch and I clicked "save" button without careful checking. Very sloppy, I admit. Thanks for the useful links. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 13:40, 25 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete No reliable sources anywhere. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:48, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
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