Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaska Triangle (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. czar 23:07, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alaska Triangle

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This was originally deleted in 2008 following a discussion, with the primary rationale being that this is a non-notable neologism based on a History Channel documentary. That assessment is still correct 16 years later. The sources cited here are clickbaity articles that all eventually end up back at the History Channel documentary or a more recent Travel Channel documentary on the same topic. This is a term made up by television producers to pick up views. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Paranormal, Geography, and Alaska. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree that this article lacks any notability and is a clickbait neologism. Paul H. (talk) 23:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No serious media seem to discuss this. Plenty of coverage from our usual Indian news sources that don't seem particularly RS [1], [2]. The second one in particular is only written by "staff", so could be iffy. Odd that Indian media is interested in this, when no US media seems to be. Oaktree b (talk) 23:12, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. The sourcing hasn't fundamentally changed, and is, quite frankly, surface-level musings with no in-depth analysis, and that all seem to end up repeating claims about aliens, conspiracy theories, and the possible involvement of a "man-eating monster known as a Wendigo". And that's just from the non-clickbait The Jerusalem Post. (It's also weirdly racist. Not that that impacts the notability of anything, but the Algonquin people have absolutely no connection to Alaska, yet the claim of "ooh, maybe Wendigos" is parroted, without question or explanation. Could that be because it's not an actual Jerusalem Post article? The byline indicates it was written by Walla! Communications Ltd. I have no idea about their reliability in general, but this article isn't giving me much faith.) GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 23:25, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per all the above, appears to be nothing but History Channel woo, all mentions either non-RS or listicle-ish fluff. (Plus, an insultingly amateurish article..."large holes, caves, and very large cravasses which may account for the disappearances"...seriously?) WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:54, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's... after a lot of work to fix it up. Check the history. No objection to its deletion, but I've seen things kept that were as bad as this was, and wanted to make sure we weren't stuck with the worst possible version once eyes go off it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:31, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unmitigated woo—blindlynx 22:42, 3 October 2024 (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.