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252:. I might not agree with an article about each attack which makes the newspapers, but collectively they are notable and a documented list is appropriate. See Google News archive with 28,900 news articles about either specific cougar attacks ot the attacks collectively. Since each gets news coverage each could get an inline reference, and general information could be referenced to the articles which discuss what causes the attacks, who the targets tend to be, etc. 295:: I'm really just a user of Knowledge and I find an list of this type with the details like this to be worth it (I do have a concern as to why document this type of thing, must be another motive... but in general the list isn't a bad idea, combining it down to a summery just wouldn't be enough even though I think that also should be done in the 134:
and reference better with standard citations. The individuals are non-notable thats why they don't have individual article. Cougar attacks are important because they are used in the debate on their endangered status, and whether they should be hunted.
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As the articles principal author, I think I should put in my two cents. First, this is the fifth article in a series of fatal animal attack lists in Knowledge. There is a list of fatal
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While Knowledge is not a news archive, the large body of news stories over the years about cougar attacks (including a number of stories about cougar
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chronicle these events, why shouldn't Knowledge. In order to address Mr. Richard Arthur Norton's concerns: I'm still working on the
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A one paragraph summary with numbers would do the job. The names and ages of individuals don't tell you anything a summary wouldn't.
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bite victims, and other users are currently working on other animals. Second, nationally recognized magazines like
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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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article about the numbers of fatal attacks adn their geographic distribution would be sufficient.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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is not a justification for this page. And Knowledge is not a chronicle of everything.
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in general rather than a particular single attack, show that this topic satisfies
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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in that a brief summarized version of these statistics on the
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List of fatal cougar attacks in North America by decade
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A list of non-notable people. A brief mention in the
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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
Carlossuarez46
17:53, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
List of fatal cougar attacks in North America by decade
List of fatal cougar attacks in North America by decade
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
View log
Cougar
Corvus cornix
22:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
22:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Cougar
Corvus cornix
Cougar
ShinmaWa
23:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
MarkBul
23:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Hokeman
00:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

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