Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tapire-iauara

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The result was keep. Sandstein 15:38, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tapire-iauara

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Does not appear to meet notability requirements, lacks significant RS coverage. –dlthewave ☎ 16:29, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. This isn't the first one of these cryptid stubs at AFD, and I generally approach them – fairly or not – with the initial assumption that they will be contrived, pseudoscientific dreck backed up by fringe sources, if anything at all. To my surprise, this appears to be a legitimate folklore topic. The best source is Man, Fishes, and the Amazon, which dedicated a couple of pages to the creature's mythology and folklore. But it does receive attention in other works as well, including an admittedly brief treatment by Jacques Yves Cousteau in Jacques Cousteau's Amazon Journey. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 19:28, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Apparently the folklore is also mentioned in The Enchanted Amazon Rainforest.^[1] It does appear to be actual folklore, but I'm not completely sure there's enough material to justify an article yet. You said there are a couple of pages in Man, Fishes, and the Amazon? --tronvillain (talk) 16:09, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above are what I can find as well. Not able to look into that book though, so not sure if it's a sufficientlty extensive treatment / provides any material? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:19, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Smith, Nigel J. H. (1996). The Enchanted Amazon Rain Forest: Stories from a Vanishing World. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-1377-0.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:13, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Needs expansion, but does seem to be sourced. I will hold of on voting to give it a chance for expansion.Slatersteven (talk) 11:11, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Only a snippet but this passes notability for me [[1]].Slatersteven (talk) 11:13, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 08:48, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I have added a line, a footnote, and a few sources, and we would likely be able to expand this if someone speaking Portuguese would have a closer look. I don't think we should expect this getting expanded to a potential DYK candidate any time soon, on the other hand I don't see how the encyclopædia is better off by tossing these sourceable stubs out. Paper encyclopædias of my youth and of our forefathers brimmed with these short entries. Sam Sailor 08:17, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - in light of the new additions notability may have been established and it seems worth giving this some more opportunity. --tronvillain (talk) 13:06, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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[Smith1996-1] Smith, Nigel J. H. (1996). The Enchanted Amazon Rain Forest: Stories from a Vanishing World. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-1377-0.

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