Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juvenile (organism)


 * 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 Keep as another week hasn't given us anything else and improvements are suggested so we may as well allow time for these (NAC). SwisterTwister  talk  04:41, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Juvenile (organism)

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This is just a dictionary definition, falling foul of WP:NOTDICT. There are encyclopedic topics already for embryo and larva; apart from those, there's nothing to say beyond what Wiktionary can do better. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:36, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:54, 13 December 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - the current article contents disprove the claim of WP:DICDEF, but it may still be deletable on other grounds (notability: has this been discussed in science sources) or mergeable. Tigraan Click here to contact me 10:31, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is not a dictionary definition and shouldn't be deleted on those grounds.  There may be an argument that this article's content overlaps with other articles and could be or should be merged elsewhere, but I'd like to see a specific proposal first.  Peacock (talk) 20:58, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:59, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Could do with substantial expansion, but the topic of juvenile organisms as distinct from embryos and larvae is worth an article. Admittedly this might predominantly consist of summaries with pointers to more in-depth articles. Interesting avenues would be, e.g., neoteny; post-fledging/pre-moult stage (particularly crucial in seabirds); usage and distinction of immature vs juvenile; etc. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:29, 21 December 2016 (UTC)


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