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145: 246:- the existence of a creature does not mean it should be included as an article (my nose definitely exists but if I create an article about my nose I should expect to see a CSD warning template appear on my talk page soon after). If notability cannot be ascertained, the article should be deleted.- 224:
issues: it is inevitably going to be difficult to find online references about a legendary creature of the folklore of West Africa. The limited references so far are sufficient, I think, to show that the legend exists; given the obscure subject matter, notability is rather more difficult to
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While the point about finding scholarly articles about this creature is valid, I'm concerned that it doesn't appear even notable among cryptids. The book referenced in the article actually quotes
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sources given: the Mothman book, and an Italian newspaper article. They really say very little about this monster other than the name and the vague description. -
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is blog-like, and seems to be some sort of recounting by the author of African experiences (first hand or otherwise, see
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
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Although there is very little information available on this legend, there are a
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under this title was speedied as a copyright violation. There are, in fact,
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are blog entries or personal websites of very dubious reliability. Even
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
220:. However, I'm mainly hesitant to delete because of the 132: 121: 117: 113: 370:- all the online sources I found that cover the topic 311:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 278:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 185:. I made this stub after a prior article about a 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 437:). No further edits should be made to this page. 78:Articles for deletion/Kikiyaon (2nd nomination) 8: 214:more references (of dubious reliability): 70: 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 69: 24: 144:Google books shows only one ghit 73:Articles for deletion/Kikiyaon 1: 417:21:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 398:15:06, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 361:03:19, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 329:02:35, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 296:13:13, 13 August 2008 (UTC) 262:15:06, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 235:00:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC) 57:22:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC) 454: 203:13:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC) 177:07:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC) 430:Please do not modify it. 407:as appears non-notable. 155:reliable sources. Fails 32:Please do not modify it. 167:Otolemur crassicaudatus 68:AfDs for this article: 331: 327: 298: 445: 432: 394: 387: 319: 316: 310: 308: 277: 275: 258: 251: 168: 135: 129: 111: 54: 44:The result was 34: 453: 452: 448: 447: 446: 444: 443: 442: 441: 435:deletion review 428: 390: 385: 314: 304: 271: 254: 249: 195:Smerdis of Tlön 166: 131: 102: 86: 83: 66: 50: 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 451: 449: 440: 439: 422: 420: 419: 401: 400: 380:its index page 364: 363: 333: 332: 309: 301: 300: 299: 276: 268: 267: 266: 265: 264: 238: 237: 205: 142: 141: 82: 81: 80: 75: 67: 65: 60: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 450: 438: 436: 431: 425: 424: 423: 418: 414: 410: 406: 403: 402: 399: 396: 395: 393: 388: 381: 377: 373: 372:significantly 369: 366: 365: 362: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 335: 334: 330: 326: 322: 318: 317: 307: 303: 302: 297: 294: 293: 292: 291:the Orphanage 287: 284: 281: 274: 270: 269: 263: 260: 259: 257: 252: 245: 242: 241: 240: 239: 236: 232: 228: 223: 222:systemic bias 219: 216: 213: 209: 206: 204: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 181: 180: 179: 178: 174: 170: 169: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 139: 134: 127: 123: 119: 115: 110: 106: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 84: 79: 76: 74: 71: 64: 61: 59: 58: 55: 53: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 429: 426: 421: 404: 391: 383: 371: 367: 349:Nguma-monene 345:Darren Naish 340: 337:Weak delete. 336: 312: 305: 290: 288: 272: 255: 247: 243: 211: 207: 190: 182: 164: 152: 151:coverage in 148: 143: 51: 45: 43: 31: 28: 376:this source 225:ascertain. 149:significant 353:Mr. Vernon 325:count/logs 208:Weak keep. 280:Aervanath 409:MediaMob 343:author, 227:Terraxos 153:multiple 138:View log 88:Kikiyaon 63:Kikiyaon 341:another 244:Comment 187:cryptid 183:Comment 105:protect 100:history 52:JForget 405:Delete 386:Samuel 368:Delete 250:Samuel 133:delete 109:delete 46:Delete 315:Jerry 283:lives 157:WP:RS 147:, no 136:) – ( 126:views 118:watch 114:links 16:< 413:talk 357:talk 321:talk 231:talk 199:talk 173:talk 161:WP:N 159:and 122:logs 96:talk 92:edit 392:Tan 382:).- 256:Tan 212:few 191:two 415:) 359:) 323:¤ 286:in 233:) 217:, 201:) 175:) 163:. 124:| 120:| 116:| 112:| 107:| 103:| 98:| 94:| 48:-- 411:( 355:( 229:( 197:( 171:( 140:) 130:( 128:) 90:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
JForget
22:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Kikiyaon
Articles for deletion/Kikiyaon
Articles for deletion/Kikiyaon (2nd nomination)
Kikiyaon
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
delete
View log

WP:RS
WP:N
Otolemur crassicaudatus
talk
07:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
cryptid
Smerdis of Tlön
talk
13:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

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