Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tongo lizard

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The result was speedy deleted under WP:CSD#G3 and then redirected to Schoolwork. I'm not sure about the redirect, but that discussion is not for here. (non-admin closure) Ansh6 6 6 05:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tongo lizard[edit]

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Bags of hits for this creature, but none I can find that give a proper scientific name: I suspect it's an internet meme. Article is clear (insourced) BS: where does a creature living in the sahara get a litre of milk a week from. For instance. TheLongTone (talk) 12:45, 27 December 2013 (UTC) TheLongTone (talk) 12:45, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: as the greatest consumer of milk in the Sahara. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 16:31, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: as a clear (but not quite blatant) hoax. Besides for the suspect "facts" and their odd precision ("38 leaves a day"? Who counted?), a Google search makes it obvious that the description of this creature varies wildly from author to author. The only common denominators are its name, *~~location,~~ and endangered status. This source should explain why this is so. (At least Tongo's cousin had honest beginnings.) הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 16:31, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  *(location actually also varies between sources: Central America, Indonesia, etc. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 16:37, 27 December 2013 (UTC))[reply]
  
  A list of 13 subspecies of Tongo lizards, with the names of their discoverers. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 16:40, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 16:33, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 16:33, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:47, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as totally imaginary. Inventing a "Tongo lizard" is a standard schoolchild exercise: [1]. -- 101.119.28.58 (talk) 20:27, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Now that is helpful: I suggest the appropriate thing to do is to rewrite the article with that as a ref. And possibly advising any lazy child hoping to swipe an assignment from wikipedia not to believe everything they read....TheLongTone (talk) 21:08, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I doubt that this particular schoolwork assignment is notable enough for an article (passing references only). However, for the reasons you mentioned, perhaps after deletion we should recreate the page as a redirect to Schoolwork, with a link on the talkpage to this discussion. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 01:10, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted under G3, blatant hoax. The litre, 38 leaves, and asexual reproduction ("In adulthood, they do not reproduce with other lizards, but reproduce themselves") are enough by themselves, and the link to Google Books also helps. I've recreated it per Hasirpad's suggestion, and added a talk page note; if I find people recreating it, I'll protect it. Nyttend (talk) 21:40, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should there not be something on the target page to explain why Tongo lizard redirects there?TheLongTone (talk) 22:07, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No need; see the redirect's talk page, instead. We don't put things on targets for their redirects, except for disambiguation; Zanesville redirects to Zanesville, Ohio, so we include a hatnote with a link to Zanesville (disambiguation), but since "Tongo lizard" isn't ambiguous, there's no need. Nyttend (talk) 22:33, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a certain irony in a school execise designed to get children to use their imaginations being set by teachers without the imagination to make up their own name for the critterTheLongTone (talk) 22:59, 1 January 2014 (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.