Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Varanus salvator macromaculatus


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was speedy deleted by  as "G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP". Non-admin closure — Frankie (talk) 20:48, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Varanus salvator macromaculatus

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Looking at the first version by the article's main contributor, it is obvious that this article was created as an attack page. The Thai term for the water monitor is used as an insult, hence the puzzling references to Red Shirts and Montenegro (a reference to Thaksin Shinawatra), with whom the article creator seemed to have a grudge. Later edits have removed the insulting references, but what is left is content duplicated from the Varanus salvator article. This could be redirected back to the species article, but I feel the bad-faith creation warrants deletion of this page altogether. If not, at least the history should be deleted and the page redirected. Paul_012 (talk) 14:10, 25 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - if nom is correct, and he certainly seems to be (original creator was named VaranusSalvator...) then this page was purely an attack; what is now left has no value, and the history is indeed insulting. The remaining Thai which is said to mean "bad guy" could still be construed as attack even though it is also a name for the lizard. So, delete. I won't say speedy as specialists and Thai speakers may be able to throw light on the subject.Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:29, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * speedy delete was attack/test page. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:54, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Deleted as an attack page. Where was the copy/pasted information?  I couldn't find it.  Please note that a test page is one created to test the system itself, especially to see if one can create a page; something that looks like a fully-formed article is not a test page.  Nyttend (talk) 02:25, 26 April 2012 (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.