Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Clutchbone

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 of the debate was delete. Titoxd^(?!?) 02:01, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Clutchbone

Here are a couple of messages I posted to the discussion area of this article, requesting sources for the claims regarding the "Clutchbone". The authors have not replied.

Read them - I think they're pretty self explanatory as to why I think this article may be fraudulent.

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To whoever wrote this article...

I am very interested in both folklore and cryptozoology/forteana, and the subject of the Clutchbone is completely new to me. I am curious about this, and I would greatly appreciate if you let me know what source(s) you have used for the article, plus any additional material that provides information on the subject. I am especially keen on learning more about this because of the statement that there have been alleged sightings in my native Sweden.

Kind regards,

Jonas Liljeström, Gothenburg, Sweden [edit]

Monika Zetterlund??? Sources please!

Again I must ask that whoever has written and/or edited this article provides some sources for it. I am particularly surprised by the claim that "some insisted" that the recent demise of Monika Zetterlund was caused by the Clutchbone. Who has made these claims?

I am a Swede and fairly well versed in folkloric matters (including postgraduate studies at Gothenburg University), so I'm quite surprised that I have never heard of this creature before.

I'm starting to suspect that this entire article might be an elaborate hoax and I'm considering the possibility of reporting it, so please respond and answer my questions! Normally I wouldn't take this matter seriously enough to ponder the possibility of requesting the deletion of the article - but when a hoax/joke begins to involve spurious claims about authentic deceased persons, it has gone far beyond decency.

Jonas Liljeström

Hi Jonas, I have no idea if this is a hoax or not, but I removed the claim about Monika Zetterlund. Wikipedia is not the place for speculations, and my personal opinion is that this is a rather distasteful one. If you consider it to be a hoax, please feel free to list it at Articles for Deletion. If you'd like some help with that, I'd be happy to help you. Regards, JoanneB 12:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

/.../ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.241.57.48 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

• This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. No opinion. —Cryptic (talk) 14:10, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

• weak Delete - google clutchbone to the end (page 14) has practically only web-edited sources (wikis, public dicts, etc.) Can anyone find a real source for this? ∴ here…♠ 21:46, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• del nonverifiable. mikka (t) 00:06, 21 October 2005 (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.