Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siberian Technicolor Snail


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The result was   Speedy Delete as obvious hoax vandalism (CSD G3). — Travis talk  16:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Siberian Technicolor Snail

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This started off as nonsense and now has moved into the "hoax" category, which I guess means it goes here. No evidence this exists. No google hits for common name or "scientific" name, and as was pointed out on the talk page, it seems unlikely that a snail discovered in 1833 is named "technicolor." FCSundae ∨  ☃   (talk) 07:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax/joke. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:44, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. Cepaea hortensis is real but Cepaea hortensis siberius is not.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 09:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete obviously a hoax. Atyndall93  |  talk  11:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Obvious hoax. This fails the requirement for validity. The article creator has not added any reference, after a request to do so,and I could find none on Google Scholar for the existence of the claimed "Cepaea hortensis siberius" which appears to be a parody of "Cepaea hortensis sibelius." If Technicolor was invented circa 1917, then it is unlikely it was used to describe a snail in 1833. Edison (talk) 14:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete Nonsensical enough for a CSD G1. Not that any further evidence is needed, but binominal names take the form genus/specific name, eg "Cepaea hortensis". The final name "siberius" could be a subspecies, but if so this article has jumped entirely over the main animal. Debate (talk) 14:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It is not WP:NONSENSE, but as an obvious hoax, it is vandalism. — Travis talk


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