Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deep Crow

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. Tikiwont (talk) 10:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deep Crow

This seems to be a barely recurring joke from Penny Arcade and thus has not been covered by any secondary, reliable sources. The page is fairly deceptive in that there is a phony reference listed as well as unrelated external links. Wickethewok (talk) 16:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, merely appearing in Penny Arcade doesn't make this notable, and it's also written misleadingly as if this was a real species (other than the word "fictional" and the Penny Arcade reference. Irrelevant external links don't help the article or establish notability. -- Mithent (talk) 16:29, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I vote for deleting it as well; it's funny, but the history written seems to be made up on the spot - not even pertaining to Penny Arcade - and deserves to be on some kind of fan page or other wiki. There's already a link to its comic under Gabriel's paragraph in the list of Penny Arcade characters, and it will most likely be featured as a Minor Character if established once more. Pylze (talk) 17:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, for pretty much the same reasons as above. A redirect to Penny Arcade (webcomic) might be another option (as was tried earlier), but on the other hand, if you've just read the comic and search for deep crows on google, finding the Wikipedia article but then getting redirected to Penny Arcade's article will probably leave you just as confused as when you started. --Chaos386 (talk) 17:37, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. One for Uncyclopedia, perhaps. JohnCD (talk) 18:09, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete what? - not notable Dreamspy (talk) 18:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Um... delete and put anything that's actually sourced and usable into the Penny Arcade (webcomic) article. This is entirely OR. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:33, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Penny Arcade - I (and many others) were brought to this page via Penny Arcade - and it could easily happen again. BananaFiend (talk) 21:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think a problem with this, however, is that the Penny Arcade article probably won't even mention "Deep Crow" (its only mentioned in a couple strips after all). It seems weird to redirect to an article which won't have any information on the redirect subject. Wickethewok (talk) 22:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, Merge then - they have many inventions that crop up occasionally and there is a section for recurring characters on the page, if it's not worth a mention on the penny arcade page, it's not worth an entire article! BananaFiend (talk) 09:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not notable and no evidence that it will be. Sorta funny though... Hobit (talk) 23:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This article was created as a joke, writing about a fictional thing as if it were real. It was meant as a joke, but on Wikipedia it's vadalism. Things like this are why you can't site wiki as a source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.148.178 (talk) 04:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do Not Delete: While this article may not be related to a living creature, it has been adopted by many of the Penny Arcade community. It has even been adapted into a Dungeons and Dragons monster and has been given a stat block for version 3.5. While this entry should be rewriten to better convey its purpose, it should not be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.138.105 (talk) 16:04, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.