Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giant of Hillsboro Bay


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 05:26, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Giant of Hillsboro Bay

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The sources provides do not meet the requirements for reliability as discussed at WP:RS. Even so, the sources provided do not appear to mention the "Giant of Hillsboro Bay". VQuakr (talk) 19:37, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. The story of the supposed giant skeletons found in Florida is probably worthy of a Wikipedia page, but the topic of this article, the Hillsboro Bay Giant, is only supported by a angelfire page. I can't find any reliable sources repeating the story. Pburka (talk) 22:35, 28 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 'ConfirmThis is a folktale, a story of oral tradition that I heard at a cracker folktale festival. By their very nature folktales are not true. Is the debate here whether or not this is true or that it is a folktale? Im just trying to be nice and share something I learned about is not yet included on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fp142 (talk • contribs) 03:06, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
 * It doesn't need to be true, but the folktale must be notable to be included in Wikipedia. This means that the folktale has been discussed in reliable sources, such as newspapers, book, or academic journals. Pburka (talk) 03:16, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Well, since the giant skeleton article was published in like 50 newspapers over 5 years, been on television program "In Search of Giants" etc...would you feel better if the page was called Tampa Giant Skeleton? I thought the most interesting part was the legend that I heard at the folktale festival and only could find the angel fire source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fp142 (talk • contribs) 03:21, 29 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I think that a page about the "Tampa giants" (or similar title) would certainly be appropriate, if it were carefully sourced. It could discuss the initial reports, reactions, and the subsequent debunking. However everything would need to be supported by references to WP:reliable sources. Pburka (talk) 15:25, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Here is a related article suggesting that the giant is just a mythic Tampa Tribune a few years ago.... http://www.tbo.com/lifestyle/dont-be-fooled-by-these-old-tampa-myths-387168 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fp142 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
 * we do understand it is a folk tale; that is not why we are discussing the idea of deleting it. You mention "50 newspapers" above, but I get 0 hits on Google newspapers. VQuakr (talk) 04:40, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:35, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:35, 29 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete, does not meet WP:GNG, there is a paucity (love that word ... paucity) of sources available, google brings up nothing, the article presently list 3 references, these are not useable for notability, one is an Angelfire page that anyone can make, 2nd is an academic's blog suggesting that US giant newspaper stories of the 1800s may have been plagiarised from European incidents, good as background but no mention of the Hillsboro giant, and the third a reproduction of a news article which may be okay but some editors may deem it of not enough depth (incidently, not sure why using this reference and not this direct newspaper one), i would be happy with a redirect to an article like "Giants in North American Folklore" if there was one, also happy to change my 'vote' if more sources are provided. Coolabahapple (talk) 08:36, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment My Florida History instructor failed to mention this Dloh cierekim  03:29, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. I really wanted to keep this. Found nothing in WP:Gale or Florida Historical Society. Dloh cierekim  03:42, 5 May 2017 (UTC)


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