Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Falcon Lake incident

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The result was delete. Tone 12:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Falcon Lake incident

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Following the logic of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coyame UFO incident, I argue that if the only sourcing is from a tabloid television show such as Unsolved Mysteries and in UFOlogy books written on the subject, the article fails WP:FRINGE inclusion criteria. WP:NFRINGE and WP:FRIND require independent, reliable sources that discuss the event independent of the promotion of the UFO true believer agenda. Such sources have not been forthcoming in our discussion at WP:FTN. The sole source for the article is a UFOlogy tour-de-force that is simply promoting without discrimination an absurdly variated and large number of incidents as worthy solely for their UFO-content -- WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:SOAP comes into play here. This just happens, then, to be another example of a non-notable UFO incident. jps (talk) 03:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A "UFO incident" sourced to a fringe book listing every Canadian incident that could be dredged up, and a sleazy exploitative TV show known to be devoid of fact checking or critical thinking. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:13, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Addressed by non-fringe sources here: [1][2]. Described as "Canada's most famous UFO encounter" in the latter CBC article. Is the inspiration for an independent movie: [3]. Also addressed in mainstream sources here: [4][5]. There seems to be plenty of scope for a balanced article on this reported "encounter". JulesH (talk) 21:46, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. The mentions in non-fringe sources are news of the weird stories for entertainment purposes only. The film appears not to be notable in itself, and does not lend much to the notability of the incident. My own search turned up nothing of substance. Sorry, there's just not enough here to meet our notability guidelines. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 02:07, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources. Fails WP:EVENT. CesareAngelotti (talk) 22:54, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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