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The result was delete. czar 09:12, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Joey the squirrel
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Non-notable animal. Insignificant event. Only claim to significance is media coverage as a seemingly feel-good / filler story by mainstream media outlets. Can come under WP:ONEEVENT to be deleted / redirected to Squirrel attacks or Animal_attacks#Squirrels as event is already listed there. Domesticated animals attacking trespassing humans isn't really all that uncommon (e.g. my cat). Media coverage shouldn't be the only criteria for significance of an event. — IVORK Discuss 00:50, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, but would your cat attack someone trying to get into your gun safe? Pretty notable heroic sacrifice for a rodent, n'est pa? Also, this very peculiar behavior for a squirrel, very out-of-ordinary, never-before-seen. I believe Wikipedia:Humour police applies in this instance. Bfpage ( talk) 01:21, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 01:46, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 16:55, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 16:55, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Trivial news event. The editor has publicly stated -- on one of her accounts -- that she intends to write more of this sort of dross about squirrels, that kids might like, etc. She seems a congenial editor but I wish there was some way to dissuade her from the notion that this is what Wikipedia is for. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 17:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete per nom and my arguments on the article's talk page. Darylgolden( talk) Ping when replying 14:38, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete and WP:TROUT to the author. Power~enwiki ( talk) 14:44, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete, just delete and move on. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 22:45, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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