Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russian Sleep Experiment


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 03:15, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Russian Sleep Experiment

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Tagged for notability for two years. This is an individual creepypasta story, and although it has made the rounds it has not exactly risen to the level of an urban legend like Mothman. This is not encyclopedically notable. BD2412 T 23:13, 29 October 2020 (UTC)  BD2412  T 23:13, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to List of creepypasta per nom.—S Marshall T/C 00:27, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. It looks like it's received some literary criticism and I'll also note that the Chris Kattan film has completed filming, which has led to a little additional coverage as well. It's not as widely covered as say, Candle Cove, but I think that there's enough to argue for it to have its own article. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:20, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: Though not wide, there appears to be enough coverage to warrant a SPLIT from the main article. The "experiment" is a well known tale in modern lore, having also been featured in a short film, and so a separate article is acceptable imo. TheRedDomitor (talk) 02:48, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: meets WP:GNG. Expertwikiguy (talk) 04:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: Through a quick reference search through one of the find source buttons up top, the Russian Sleep Experiment appears to be notable enough for inclusion in this encyclopedia. Lazman321 (talk) 16:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: The article includes several sources, establishing the tale's notability. Dimadick (talk) 21:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)


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