Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strongest muscle in human body

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Strongest muscle in human body
Non notable. Non encyclopedic. Sounds more like a Guiness Book of World Records entry. Not for here. --Woohookitty 21:24, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

*Delete. IF massively cleaned up, good sources provided, and a good definition of the criterion for strongest is given, it could be a merge and redirect to whatever is the strongest muscle. Oddly enough Google searches do return many casual and unsourced statements about the tongue being "the strongest." Other frequently mentioned candidates for "strongest muscle" are the masseter, the heart, and the external muscles of the eye. I'd have guessed masseter for maximum force per cross-sectional area, heart for maximum sustained work output per mass, and external eye muscles for maximum instantaneous power per mass. I'd have to think that the uterus in childbirth would be in the running, too. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:08, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Pavel Vozenilek 23:27, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now - It got much better and useable since I voted Delete. Pavel Vozenilek 17:05, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Merge anything useful into Tongue. Guettarda 23:37, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge anything useful to Tongue, no redirect. Megan1967 06:49, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Verify first. "MIT Science Ward"? I don't think so. If anything remains, merge to Tongue, no redirect. FreplySpang (talk) 14:25, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC) Now that it's rewritten, keep. Way to go, Dpbsmith. FreplySpang (talk) 03:20, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not encyclopedic, possible joke/hoax. "Tongue per pound ratio"??  Anyhow, in terms of total force or total work done over a given time, the diaphragm may be "strongest".  And my phallic muscles are said to be {unverifiable claims removed by user} Barno 16:58, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I rewrote it. It could use a lot more work, but in its present form it presents the claims of seven different muscles (Quadriceps, Masseter, Gluteus maximus, Uterus, External muscles of the eye, Tongue, Heart) to be considered the "strongest," with at least some kind of reference for each claim and brief explanations, where known, of what criterion is being used. Dpbsmith (talk) 02:22, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Mike H 03:50, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. For those who are voting for keep or merge, tell me how the heck this article is encyclopedic. I haven't seen a list of the strongest muscles in the human body in any encyclopedia I have seen. Even if the article is cleaned up, it's still unencyclopedic. --Woohookitty 08:05, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, almanacs have all kinds of lists like "List of countries by area" or "fastest animals" Kappa 09:36, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with muscle or human body. Title is not encyclopedic, content is. Radiant_* 15:27, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with muscle - at a quick glance(!), the information is accurate. --Eleassar777 12:56, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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