Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Witchwater

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The result was delete. KTC (talk) 14:42, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Witchwater

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I declined speedy deletion under WP:CSD#G3 on this one, but I'm not sure this is describing a real term for reflections on asphalt roads. I had never heard of this before and I couldn't find anything through Google either. –Grondemar 00:47, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Mirage. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 04:15, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. — Sanskari ^Hangout 17:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete/Merge: I agree that if there is anything here it could and should be merged to mirage, but this is unsourced and badly written, so it could just be deleted. I can't find my copy of Minnaert to look for names of this particular mirage phenomenon, but I can't immediately find any reference to "witchwater". Unless someone can cite a reference to this term, I don't think it should redirect -- this may be a local or coined name, of no general notability. Imaginatorium (talk) 17:57, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 01:25, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:12, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete found it being used in the comment section of a mirage video [1]: "I see this daily here in Florida. We call it Witch Water.", but it doesn't seem worth mentioning elsewhere, not a particularly notable piece of state/regional lingo Rainbow unicorn (talk) 04:06, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not finding any in-depth coverage from reliable sources. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:54, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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