Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beast of Riber

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The result was delete. czar 22:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Beast of Riber

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Fails GNG due to lack of WP:SIGCOV. WP:BEFORE search returned mostly fringe cryptozoological sources that cannot be used to establish notability. –dlthewave ☎ 21:43, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. SharabSalam (talk) 21:52, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. SharabSalam (talk) 21:52, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete due to lack of reliable sources. -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 09:54, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Roxy. (COI declaration: I ran the Derbyshire Biological Records Centre for over 20 years, collating tens of thousands of mammal records across the entire county. These eventually made their way into "The Mammals of Derbyshire" by Mallon et al. (2012). Whilst there have been various unusual reports of big animals in various places - and Riber Zoo did get the (possibly deserved) blame for a few unusual animal sightings/escapes here, I've no recollection of this moniker ever being given anything other than a passing media mention, unlike the Beast of Bolsover. Page 177 of The Mammals of Derbyshire is devoted to "Big Cats", and states Big cats are reported....from time to time, usually featuring prominently in the local press, when they may be awarded lurid names like the 'Beast of Bleaklow', 'Ashbourne Beast' etc. ...Not one of these reports has yet been backed up by any kind of hard evidence such as a photo, corpse or definite track.) Nick Moyes (talk) 01:31, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete.Slatersteven (talk) 14:55, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete due to lack of reliable sources. :bloodofox: (talk) 19:13, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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