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The result was Keep as per consensus and the absence (beyond the nominator) for requested deletion. Non-admin closure. Pastor Theo (talk) 00:28, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cobra effect

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Contested prod. Non-notable term. Google returns few hits, most of them unrelated. References inserted in deprodding shed very little new light. Delete. Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 22:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. The references do appear to be genuine - however, I'm not convinced that they pass WP:RS. The term has certainly been used by third-party authors; in a reliable context? Perhaps. Tevildo (talk) 23:01, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Tevildo. Ikip (talk) 01:06, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There is already a German article. Normally it's otherwise: If I try to translate things from the English to the German Wikipedia, it is going to be deleted soon due to notability reasons. Although most of the sources in Internet are German (search for Kobra-Effekt), the term is also quoted in English. This source maybe reliable, too. -- Grochim (talk) 05:06, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Reminds me of the "clever way" scientists tried to interbreed South American honeybees with their African counterparts in order to improve productivity, with the unforseen result being the Killer Bee. This article is of a quite notable stupidity. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I've reworded and expanded it a bit and added a few wikilinks plus a nice picture of a cobra. I also found out that they are now a protected species under Indian law! Thruxton (talk) 12:22, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Potential merge targets include Unintended consequence and Perverse incentive. - 2/0 (formerly Eldereft) (cont.) 15:11, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Second page of the New York Times article linked to talks about it. Reading a description of the book by this title, will probably confirm the term's meaning as well. Dream Focus 15:55, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep NYT ref makes it notable, among others. Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:36, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per Casliber. Cheers,--ThoseStarsBurnLikeDiamonds stargaze 02:03, 8 May 2009 (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.