Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reptile World Serpentarium


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) st170e talk 04:46, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Reptile World Serpentarium

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Not notable, currently basically unreferenced and no significant third-party coverage appears to exist (I can find mentions in "list of local attractions"-type places but that's it). Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:23, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sarahj2107 (talk) 08:34, 19 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep. I started out with Keep, and after a few minutes, realized that this subject deserves a speedy keep! There are plenty of sources., , , ,  and dozens more. There's plenty of non-directory type of coverage, from news and other sources like abc, orlando sentinel for the snakebite coverage.  Boy's Life (The boy scouts of America pub) did an article. Men's Journal. Reptile world.  This has tons of significant third-party coverage! Jacona (talk) 12:32, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Please note that while the article does not include the many reliable sources available, that is not required. The fact that they are available is sufficient for for the article to exist. Jacona (talk) 12:51, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * These examples to me look like either incidental mentions (Men's Journal, abc11) or puff pieces (Orlando my way, Orlando sentinel), neither being what I would call "significant coverage". But YMMV; I don't really know what criteria are generally accepted for place article.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:02, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * There are certainly plenty of puff pieces on attractions, but these are news stories covering incidents at the serpentarium, incidents involving reptiles, incidents about people involved with the serpentarium (particularly George Van Horn), who are frequently quoted whenever "snake events" are being discussed. If they aren't enough, here's some more: ? ?  They don't have to be noted herpetologists to be notable. They've gotten more significant coverage than probably 70% of articles. Orlando Sentinel Fox news USA Today.  This looks like a case of WP:IDONTLIKEIT, (I don't particularly like it myself), but there are plenty of WP:RS's

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:17, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - The addition of this episode of Only In America with Larry the Cable Guy (on the History Channel), in which he goes to the Serpentarium, brings it from a very weak keep based on the above sources to a keep per WP:GNG. That this attraction has been around for 40 years means there likely exists sources (especially from when it was new) that aren't easily accessible via the Internet. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 14:23, 27 May 2016 (UTC)


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