Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of unusual U.S. college mascots: Difference between revisions

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*'''Keep''' interesting list. Nomination also raises interesting questions. [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 23:36, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

**PS This list is highly educational, now I know that a [[geoduck]] is not a kind of [[pokemon]]. [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 23:50, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

***[[User:Kappa|Kappa]], thank you. I haven't laughed so hard all day (I voted below).--[[ {{User:Freakofnurture|MDC]]/sig}} 08:42, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

**What sort of questions? I just find it inherently POV. If you want to understand my own personal take on the issue, it's that schools having a college mascot at all is pretty ridiculous in itself. [[User:Sarge Baldy|Sarge Baldy]] 00:22, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

*'''delete''' jayhawks, commodores, yellow jackets, are on here? for this list to continue, there would be an extended debate and possibly [[edit war]] over every single new submission. [[User:Sensation002|Sensation002]] 23:52, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

**It seems to have reached this size without any major edit wars. [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 23:57, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

*'''Delete'''--educational, and could be very useful, but I think this can't be NPOV. ''Maybe'' with outside sourcing, if renamed to [[List of college mascots thought to be unusual]], but no need for it. Either '''delete''' or '''rename and add sources'''. [[User:Meelar|Meelar]] [[User talk:Meelar|(talk)]] 00:05, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

**[[User:Meelar|Meelar]], what kind of sources? Sources to verify that Foo University's mascot is actually "Foo Bear"? This info should be available at www.foo.edu which would presumably be linked from the main Foo U. article (2 clicks total). If you linking to a external source for each mascot confirming that said mascot is "widely considered unusual", I agree that it would make the article more interesting to some readers (good luck finding such sources), but it should not be a requirement for inclusion.--[[ {{User:Freakofnurture|MDC]]/sig}} 09:02, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

***I disagree. Unless we have sources proclaiming each mascot unusual, we would be inserting our own POV, rather than documenting facts. [[User:Meelar|Meelar]] [[User talk:Meelar|(talk)]] 13:20, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

*'''Keep and rename''' to [[List of college mascots widely considered unusual]] or something to that effect. It's POV for the article to state that a mascot ''is'' unusual, but not that it's ''considered'' unusual, with a source. <font color=green>[[User:Szyslak|<font color=green>{{IPA|s&#618;zl&#230;k}}</font>]] [ [[User talk:Szyslak|+t]], [[Special:Contributions/Szyslak|+c]] ]</font> 01:04, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

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*'''Delete''', POV list. [[User:Megan1967|Megan1967]] 07:10, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' and rename as per Jonel or SimonP (no real preference for either of them). [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 07:54, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

*'''Keep.''' I don't think "unusual" is necessarily derogatory. Some voters here act as if it was titled [[List of incredibly stupid U.S. college mascots]] or something. I would interpret "unusual", in this context, to mean "not widely used". Perhaps "unique" ''would'' be better though, I agree. However, the "widely considered unusual" proposal seems a bit verbose.--[[ {{User:Freakofnurture|MDC]]/sig}} 08:42, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

**"Unique" would force us to purge a name from the list anytime a second example of it ("Turtle Beach Community College Terrapins") is found. [[User:Barno|Barno]] 13:58, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

**I'm not saying the word is any way derogatory, I just don't see how it can be neutral when everyone has a different interpretation of its meaning. [[User:Sarge Baldy|Sarge Baldy]] 17:02, May 12, 2005 (UTC)