Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rodents of unusual size

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 already redirected to The Princess Bride by User:Atlant. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:26, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Rodents of unusual size

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I don't think this is a notable, encyclopedic term. JaGa^talk 09:19, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

• Delete Rodents of unusual size are a theme in much horror fiction and related genres, but the present article is about the ones in Princess Bride, & they are not even important enough to be discussed in the article. Perhaps a more general article on the setting of the fiction might be more to the point. DGG (talk) 09:28, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
• Merge to The Princess Bride (film). Commonly discussed by fans of the film, and the line "Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist" is one of the many frequently quoted lines from the film, which suggests that this is an important element of it. Not enough material to support an entire article, however. JulesH (talk) 10:02, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
• Merge to Princess Bride, book or film. An outside source could probably be found which mentions them. Northwestgnome (talk) 16:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
• Delete A merge would imply that this is a likely search term that needs a redirect. The two sentences "Rodents of unusual size are mythical creatures that live in the Fire Swamp. Rodents of unusual size are found in the novel the Princess Bride." can be repeated somewhere else if anyone wishes to preserve them. I understand that fans of the film recognize a quote, but we can't have an entry for every memorable line from film. "I'll have what she's having" would be an unlikely search term for When Harry Met Sally as well. Mandsford (talk) 17:01, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not completely sure of that one, since the film industry used it very widely to advertise as part of a clip compendium of high points in film, shown before movies, for a period of at least a year, a few years back. DGG (talk) 18:45, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

• Delete Rodents of unusual size are not mythical creatures. We might feel guilty if someone were to dismiss the concept on Wikipedia advice, only to get bitten by an unusually large rat.

(Not suitable as a redirect) - Ddawkins73 (talk) 20:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Delete or redirect to the Giant Rat of Sumatra. Edison (talk) 00:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

• Redirect to something. Spinach Monster (talk) 01:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
• Revert back to the redirect, just like at ROUS. It does no harm and discourages re-creation. —Korath (Talk) 01:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, and then list at WP:FREAKY. Nick-D (talk) 07:17, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
• Redirect to giant rat, which contains an extensive discussion of various giant rats in fiction, including The Princess Bride, Sherlock Holmes, and many others. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 16:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

  This is the specific name of the giant rats from Princess Bride. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 21:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment If I read the history of this article correctly, it had been a redirect [[1]] until someone undid it [[2]] to make ths two sentence article. I'm imagining that undoing a redirect doesn't show up on the list of the day's new articles, so this went unnoticed for months. I've often heard that redirects-are-cheap, although undoing one can result in people spending a lot of time. Mandsford (talk) 19:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
• Redirect to Princess Bride. No content to merge, logical search topic. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 21:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
• Redirect per A Man in Black. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:33, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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.