Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Purple squirrel (animal)

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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:13, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Purple squirrel (animal)[edit]

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Compare with just-concluded AfD at WP:Articles for deletion/Blue squirrel. The earlier AfD discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Purple squirrel determined that the human resources sense of the term should be kept and split off this list of anecdotes about possibly dyed or otherwise anomalous squirrels. While some of the sources might be considered reliable, they do little to establish existence of a natural purple squirrel. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:15, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:59, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete NPR is the only source I would consider reliable, the BuzzFeed article has been partially copied and pasted from Accuweather AND BuzzFeed added this disclaimer to the article "This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone create a post."

I realize the article is not about the scientific idea that there is a purple squirrel, but about a news article talking about purple squirrel sightings. As another editor has pointed out news stories are not necessarily meant to be encyclopedia articles. Aurornisxui (talk) 21:08, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this is really "sightings of artificially dyed squirrels". These are all primary sources as well. If there's scholarly work on what causes animals to be dyed strange colors, that might be a different article with a different title, different content, and different references. In other words, nothing to keep here. power~enwiki (π, ν) 17:33, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per NOTNEWS. A list of trivial events, none individually or as a whole long-lasting or significant. Hoping someone writes an article on the history of dyeing animals though. Closest thing I could find was painted fish. Humans are odd creatures. —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 00:25, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

of course there is also the definitiveWhy Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics along with the equally importantDancing With Cats, and Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:02, 21 December 2018 (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.