Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whale

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was speedy keep. "They seem me trollin'" applies, Obvious troll is obvious. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 15:05, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Whale

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There is already a Cetacea article, which title could be moved to whale, and this article states "whale" excludes dolphins, despite listing killer whales and pilot whales as "whales" and dolphins as toothed whales, an animal cannot be a toothed whale but not a whale. Editor abcdef (talk) 10:24, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - if anything, the rationale given in AfD is an argument to delete or merge Cetacea. Whale is certainly a notable topic, and even if the article is terrible it needs to be rewritten, not dynamited. Tigraan (talk) 11:24, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy close. Obvious troll is obvious.—S Marshall T/C 11:42, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the two articles, they are really on the same topic. Borock (talk) 13:22, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep - there is clearly place for articles on whales and on cetacea, and dolphins and porpoises for that matter. If the proposer wants to be constructive edit the article to rectify the inconsistencies. |→ Spaully ^τ 13:40, 17 February 2015 (GMT)
Speedy Keep Troll AfD. Bobherry talk 13:57, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are thousands of years of usage in history and mythology of the "whale" construct, without regard to the specific cetacea order, making it is very much notable separately. A way to settle could be moving all the biology stuff to Cetacea and use Whale just for the historic and cultural aspects. 野狼院ひさし u/t/c 14:04, 17 February 2015 (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.