Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silkie bantam


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The result was   merge to Silkie. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:48, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Silkie bantam

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This article is is not required. It covers an obscure species of bantam chicken,when the topic should be covered instead by the mother page, Silkie, instead. It also includes zero references and includes only one paragraph of writing, which is vague in meaning and substance. Anjwalker (talk) 04:49, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  — &mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 04:52, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep A Google Books search shows extensive coverage in reliable sources going back over 100 years, so the topic is notable.  I didn't see it described as "obscure".  The solution to the shortcomings in the current article is to improve, expand and reference it.  Deletion is not the solution when the topic is notable.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  06:43, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment There has been a Silkie Bantam club in the United States since 1923, and they are the must popular form of Silkie in this country. In other parts of the world, the full size Silkie is more popular. Perhaps that's the source of the nominator's opinion.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  06:52, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge with redirect to Silkie. There's more information there on the breed as a whole, so users wishing to gain information on the bantam would be better served by an addition to the larger article. Yunshui (talk) 07:59, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge with and redirect to Silkie. I'm not sure if there'll be enough reliable info to justify a separate article, plus it'll be useful for the reader if it gets merged Sp33dyphil  "Ad astra" 08:14, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 21:49, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge/Redirect to Silkie, which already has a brief discussion in the Characteristics section of the bantam/full size chicken debate. Generally, even full size silkies (at least here in the US) are only 3-4 lbs, so I'm not sure why the "bantam silkie" article says that they are "small" at 3-4 lbs. Dana boomer (talk) 23:01, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to Silkie. Most chicken breed articles do not provide an alternative article for the bantam variety of a breed, since other than those chicken breeds which are naturally bantam-sized only it is not different enough to merit a separate article. Also, as others pointed out, the "Characteristics" section covers the topic. Steven Walling &bull; talk   16:46, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.