Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ringdocus

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The result was delete. JGHowes ^talk 03:54, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ringdocus

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Fails GNG due to lack of significant RS coverage. WP:BEFORE search returned a couple of local newspaper articles; everything else is fringe cryptozoology that can't be used to establish notability or write an article. –dlthewave ☎ 22:23, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. SharabSalam (talk) 22:27, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Montana-related deletion discussions. SharabSalam (talk) 22:27, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete due to lack of reliable sources. -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 09:53, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:20, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keepseeing two sources, there may be more.Slatersteven (talk) 14:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you are aware of additional sources, please list them here. "There may be more" doesn't carry much weight. –dlthewave ☎ 16:43, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Slatersteven: I see more sources, but none seem reliable. Did the two sources you saw appear reliable? Could you list them and tell is why they could be reliable? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:39, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant is I saw two (local) newspaper articles. Thus it has recived some press coverage, thus it has some notability.Slatersteven (talk) 10:36, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Mysterious Creatures makes Ringdocus variant name of Shunka Warakin Afd. So does Bozeman Daily Chronicle article. Story in Hutchins, Ross E. (1977). Trails to Nature's Mysteries. The Life of a Working Naturalist. in Mysterious Creatures and A to Z. Apparently in Dictionary of Cryptozoology by Ronan Coughlan but i can't see that text.—eric 17:21, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Maybe Ross E. Hutchins[1] with "my grandpa shot a weird hyena-wolf thing in 1888" for content?—eric 20:18, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - LCNAF worldcat identities Ross E. Hutchins Photo Collection w/ short bio. Lewis, Bobbie M. (Summer 1971). "The Intriguing Ross E. Hutchins". The Southeaster Librarian: 113–117.—eric 20:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. Not seeing any sources that strike me as WP:RS, i.e. not a single analysis by any proper scholar. Just popular science (with the science in question being cryptozoology, or if you feel generous, urban legend/folklore studies). The latter would be RS if the authors/publishers were reliable, but I don't think they are. Ping me if you want to argue otherwise and would like me to reconsider my vote.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:38, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A redirect to Draft:Ross E. Hutchins is probably appropriate, i might ask the closing admin about one later.—eric 15:17, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete due to lack of reliable sources. :bloodofox: (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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