Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ol' Rip the Horned Toad

Ol' Rip the Horned Toad was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep

Orig. listed for speedy deletion, the presence of an external link linking to what looks to be a decent web reference means I have trouble deleting this speedily. Still looks like rubbish though. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 00:41, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I ran across this awhile back and was going to do something with it, but did a Google search and found some confirming sites. Rubbish, it may or may not be, but if it is, it's apparently widely believed rubbish. Recommend Keep, and maybe put it on the list of unusual articles. - RedWordSmith 00:58, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Keep I don't know if the story is true, but it is a very well-known story in Texas. I may even have seen it mentioned in some Texas history textbook. Joyous 01:30, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)
Abstain. I changed the article to note that it's a legend, but have no opinion as to whether such legends belong in an encyclopedia. --Improv 02:22, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hmmm, if this is the basis of the Finneas J. Frog character of Warner Brothers cartoons (who is in a cornerstone, uncovered later, and discovered to be alive by a demolitions man), then there is a method of broadening the article somewhat to show that this legend has had some effect. If so, it can keep, but we'd need to know that such were the case. I suppose one of the Tex Avery sites would do it. Abstain for now. Keep if broadened. Delete if not. Geogre 04:22, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Seems like it's a known legend, and articles about folk legends do belong here, I believe. BTW, it's Michigan J. Frog. — Gwalla | Talk 05:12, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Keep, for reason suggested by Geogre, although the WB mascot is Michigan J. Frog, not Finneas. At least one source confirms Geogre's guess that Michigan's story was based on Ol' Rip's [1]. JamesMLane 18:43, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Keep - notable regional folktale. -Sean Curtin 00:39, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
Keep. I've reworked and slightly expanded this article and added two further external links. This is not a "folktale" or "legend" as Improv added to the article (though it might be a hoax). There is a difference. In any case Wikipedia should and does have many articles on folktales, legends, and probable or certain hoaxes. I mean, we even have articles on the purported resurrection of a crucified man and on his Holy prepuce. Jallan 16:10, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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