Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of U.S. state muffins


 * 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 of the debate was merge (already done) and delete, despite the fact that this is indeed a funny article title.

List of U.S. state muffins
Merged into List of U.S. state foods --CapitalR 10:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete obviously. Eusebeus 11:51, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge as suggested. Grafikm_fr 12:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge No requirement for a separate article. Every state in America has a muffin? Well I never...   (aeropagitica)    (talk)   13:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope only the ones listed as far as I can tell.--Isotope23 16:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as the epitome of listcruft. IMO, a better merge/redirect option if that is the consensus would be Muffin as this info is already there (minus Wisconsin's) & so few states have actually reached the level of boredom where they took the time to declare a state muffin.--Isotope23 16:15, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment No vote yet. I have not looked at the article. I am going to make my decision based on whether the article has reasonably good source citations for a reasonably high proportion of the state muffins. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete the article. Re-create an entry for the sole state muffin for which a good verifiable source is given, Massachusetts in List of U.S. state foods. (Not needed, already there). Optionally, re-create an entry for the other state muffin for which a source is given Wisconsin, but preferably try to find a better source than a WIsconsin promotional website that does not cite its sources. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC) (talk) 20:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC) P. P. S. Yeah, Wisconsin is iffy. Several not-very-WP:RS websites do mention "The 1988-89 fourth grade class of Washington School in Merrill, Wisconsin, proposed the Cranberry Muffin be named Wisconsin’s state muffin", but the (tendentious) website freerepublic.com has an article that says "What about the group of fourth-graders from Merrill who, in the late 1980s, tried to get the cranberry muffin designated the official state muffin? The Legislature turned them down, even threatening to introduce competing legislation to use the official muffin title on the meadow muffin, which, for those of you not familiar with agricultural terminology, does not pop from the oven but rather drops from the hindquarters of a cow."[www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562726/posts] I don't know if that's accurate, either, but it does show that it is premature to put "the cranberry muffin is the state muffin of Wisconsin" into Wikipedia as an encyclopedic fact. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC) Reasonably comprehensive-looking list at official state website has flower, bird, tree, fish, dance, rock AND mineral, animal AND wildlife animal AND domesticated animal... no muffin. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Pegasus1138 Talk 20:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Is this a hoax or do US States have official muffins?!?  Funky Monkey    (talk)   01:24, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I already merged the article, so this should be deleted. Some states actually do have official state muffins for real, this wasn't a hoax.  They also have Official state donuts. --CapitalR 11:16, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete CSD G4 as recreation . Шизомби 14:46, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not speedy-able. The previous revisions were not the same as this current version. Pepsidrinka 05:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of U.S. state foods as it appears the merge is already complete. Pepsidrinka 05:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge or delete Merge if there is a state muffin, delete if not M1ss1ontomars2k4 04:22, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete with my personal thanks to CapitalR for creating an article with such a hilarious title. Made my day. --phh (t/c) 17:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Evidently, most states don't have their own muffins. - Runcorn 22:05, 26 April 2006 (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.