Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strange but true


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  23:47, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Strange but true

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PRODded per WP:DICDEF, then deprodded by recently topic-banned without explanation. Just a dictionary definition without any encyclopedic information. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 23:29, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 23:29, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. –Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 23:29, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced dicdef. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:30, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * <small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:50, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect for now to Don_Juan_(poem) because this is where truth is stranger than fiction goes. They both seem to originate from the same poem, same sentence, by Lord Byron. “’Tis strange — but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction”. Should it ever become an article [tough] both phrases could be combined as a single topic on Byron's claims to truth and virtue (source). The popular culture appropriations of these phrases are banal Byronisms. They might be discussed as a section on cultural influences but not as a main subject of the article - unless there are sources for such a discussion, I doubt it, but truth can be strange. --  Green  C  02:51, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per failing GNG and DICDEF. I am surprised this is the only source I can locate discussing the phrase given how widely it is used. Against redirect as this is way too tangential. Vladimir.copic (talk) 11:37, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. I would have !voted to Transwiki to Wiktionary, as much of the content seems usable. Unfortunately, per WP:ATD-TRANS, Wiktionary no longer accepts transwikis from Wikipedia, and so is not an alternative to deletion. As a result, I would support deletion of a non-notable phrase that fails WP:DICDEF. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 06:42, 13 November 2021 (UTC)


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