Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wenticko

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 delete. Serpent's Choice (talk · contribs) makes a good point in the discussion about the reliability of the sources provided; the column used for the entirety of this article's referencing has no real intention to be reliable journalism. As such, the article is clearly lacking in any kind of reliable sourcing. No convincing argument is made for any particular redirect - though if someone takes it upon themselves to incorporate a sourced mention of this phenomenon into another related article, a redirect would at that time be appropriate. ~ mazca ^talk 12:08, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wenticko

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notability of wenticko in question Karl 334 ^{☞TALK to ME ☜} 20:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Weak sourcing, at best. I'm curious to know if this "Wenticko" is related to the more notable Wendigo phenomenon. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 21:07, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The Jamaica Gleaner is a publication with a pretty long history. However, the Roving with Lalah column is a collection of local color stories and that sort of thing, and isn't really held to a traditional journalistic standard. If someone felt generous about this material, duppy could probably find room for a mention -- no more than a sentence, though, really. If that happens, then clearly a redirect would be appropriate. Otherwise, delete; there isn't really anything more substantive out there. Serpent's Choice (talk) 21:45, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:08, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:09, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Wendigo as a possible alternative spelling. -- œ ^™ 10:44, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the redirect. Karl 334 ^{☞TALK to ME ☜} 18:24, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I actually disagree with the redirect. There is certainly not enough material for an article on this topic, and arguably not for inclusion in another article, but Wenticko is -- according to everything that does exist on the topic -- a named Jamaican duppy which has no relation to the similarly-named Wendigo. Serpent's Choice (talk) 16:53, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete and Oppose Redirect. There is coverage in the Gleaner, however, the coverage is only from a single reporter, and I can find no other sources that write about this duppy. The redirect is completely inappropriate. Is there any evidence that Wenticko, a particular manifestation of a Jamaican ghost is also Wendigo, an Algonquian mythical creature? Is there any evidence that "Wenticko" is used as alternate spelling for "Wendigo". If you have such evidence, please put it forward aas I have looked and there is absolutely none that I can find. -- Whpq (talk) 13:58, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Completely" inappropriate eh? Is it so hard to imagine that people searching for "Wendigo", never having seen the word as written, may misspell it "Wenticko" because of the phonetic similarity? -- œ ^™ 14:36, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- Reply - Many misspellings are possible. We do not need to anticipate all these different misspellings. Do you have any evidence this is a common occurrence? -- Whpq (talk) 14:53, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

None. -- œ ^™ 17:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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