Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fluorescent green pig

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 Merge. Non - admin closure. Best suited as an example of Green flourescent protein. due to the more general nature of this topic. No need for an article about every green fluorescent animal every made ... :: maelgwn - talk 02:11, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fluorescent green pig

I question notability: only one major piece of news coverage, BBC, only other major coverage off Boing Boing. Only 614 ghits Computerjoe 's talk 22:23, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It just goes to show how far genetic engineering has advanced, that we now take things like this for granted. Green pigs, yawn, anyone can do that, right? If notable only means "popular", I'd add that besides BBC, it's been covered by CBS News, ABC News, MSNBC, and who knows how many magazines and newspapers. Mandsford 00:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It was ONLY on BBC. Not that important... I'm sure more information will come up that can be added.--Cartman005 02:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't know... if you look for "green pigs" instead of "green-glowing + pigs" you'll find these: [www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/13/earlyshow/living/petplanet/main1206675.shtml]

[abcnews.go.com/Technology/Health/story?id=1498324 -] [www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16385433/ - 47k] Mandsford 18:08, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I added several other news sources. By the way, you forgot to tag the article for AFD (this doesn't happen if you follow the directions in the right order); I fixed that for you. --Dhartung | Talk 03:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Green fluorescent protein where it almost duplicated in entirety anyway. Its a cool experiment that got picked up on a slow news day and syndicated. Its never going to be more than a stub, unlike Glofish which are genuinely notable for being commercially available transgenic animals. We don't (and shouldn't) have articles for Green fluorescent mice, rats, rabbits etc, yet they were all made and noted in the press at the time, nor do we (or should we) have articles for Red haired Neanderthal [1]. Rockpocket 03:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Organisms spliced with GFP is standard procedure in molecular biology and genetic engineering so I'm not thrilled with the development. I would be interested if there is something peculiar in mammalian DNA that inhibits the gene's uptake. However, the general public seems to be fond of glowing organisms (I don't know why we don't have articles for flourescent green bacteria, butterflies, flies, mice and fly catchers). Personally, should the article be kept, I want the article merged into an article titled "organisms transformed with GFP or luciferase" to satisfy the curiosity of the general public. Otherwise delete it since the GFP covers it in a one liner anyway: "To date, many bacteria, yeast and other fungal cells, plant, fly, and mammalian cells have been created using GFP as a marker."--Lenticel ^(talk) 03:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Rockpocket. While individually notable, I don't think there is much notable difference between green flourescent pigs and green flourescent anything else. But this would fit well alongside mention of other such uses of GFP. This is popular enough that we might eventually have an article just on GFP's application, and there really wouldn't be much point having cookie cutter articles on every species ever made to glow. Someguy1221 07:52, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Why should this be deleted?? I do not understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiderpiggy (talk • contribs) 17:50, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Individuals have explained their reasons above. If you disagree, feel free to say why. Rockpocket 17:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep notable genetic engineering, with worldwide news coverage. 132.205.99.122 20:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete and merge as an example of use of the protein. Keeper | 76 21:15, 14 November 2007 (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.