Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matanuska tundra


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The result was Delete -- JForget 23:34, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Matanuska tundra

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Article does not assert notability -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 11:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. If it's not a hoax its WP:OR. --Paularblaster (talk) 14:32, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sources can be found, although what would constitute reliable sources for this bit of drug lore is a bit mysterious. FYI, this article is about a strain or brand of marijuana, not about some bit of geography in the Arctic, as the title might suggest. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. You know, government documents identifying this strain of Cannibus (DEA, DOJ, FBI, or so on) might work as a reliable source. Court documents from a notable case would as well. I have to believe some agency has a list of different types of weed, if only for enforcement purposes such as tracking origins or growing operations. High Times might also work as an independent source, though that publication obviously has its own bias. The crux of the matter here is that the notability of this particular plant is not apparent. So, delete for lack of notability and reliable sources, though I think that some sources might exist for this sort of thing. ZZ Claims~ Evidence 15:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. Do you really believe that any variety of this plant "grew and developed wild in the Alaskan Tundras", as was claimed in this article for a related variety? Phil Bridger (talk) 22:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well... no, not really. I was speaking in more of a general sense, as there are indeed strains of pot that might have sources that meet WP:RS. This one, obviously, is not. ZZ Claims~ Evidence 23:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


 * KEEP. If anecdotal evidence from thousands of regular cannabis users isn't good enough for you, I suggest you do some serious research as "official" sources of information regarding cannabis strains are extremely hard to come by.


 * Do a Google search though. You'll find about 774 hits under "Alaskan Thunderfuck" with quotes and 9,600 without them. "Matanuska Thunderfuck" with quotes will get you 3,980 hits.


 * nowhere does it say it grew without human intervention though it is definitely possible. Cannabis is an extremely hardy plant. You can grow it anywhere. Alaska in the summertime is light jacket weather at worst and the sun stays out for a long time Soulpiercer7 (talk) 00:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)soulpiercer7
 * But it does say that a related variety "originally grew and developed wild in the Alaskan Tundras". Phil Bridger (talk) 10:35, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete the whole lot of these articles, most of them are fictional strains of marijuana which only exist in the smoker's own delusional minds. Coccyx Bloccyx 16:44, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


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