Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pet turtles


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The result was   delete.--Esprit15d • wish me a happy wikiversary! • contribs 21:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Pet turtles

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Well, I looked back through the page history and this topic was obviously established for a POV against turtles as pets. I can't find enough sources to merit an article otherwise, and this history is littered with POV. As for a cleanup, it is my personal opinion that such article is not needed. Should it be created, let's delete this version first. Keegan talk 06:22, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. If there is anything salvageable, merge it to either Terrapin or Tortoise, delete, and recreate as a redirect to one of the two (I'm a bit too lazy to figure out which Taxon is better as a pet, any suggestions?). Anything that's contained in this article is better suited to one of those two, since its basic premise is turtles are also pets and the rest appears to be just copied content.  Syn  ergy 06:58, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a note so you know - merging content then deleting the source article is not allowed under the GFDL. See WP:MAD. ~ mazca  t 21:11, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete and redirect to Turtle - the fact that turtles can sometimes be pets should be mentioned in Turtle, but there is no need for a separate article. --T-rex 15:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Turtle per T-rex. Cliff smith  talk  16:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete (then we can make a redirect): There are lots of ways to make an article at this topic, but not without creating a how-to guide.  Since we don't allow those, either, we're left with deletion as the only real course of action and a small section in turtle about how some species are used as pets, with a number of estimated terrapin sales.  Utgard Loki (talk) 16:59, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete this POV personal essay and Redirect to turtle. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 18:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


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