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The result was delete. Worth mentioning that there hasn't been much change in content since the original discussion closed as No Consensus soon after the article's creation, but it's been nearly six years. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:44, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

East River Monster (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Somebody mistook a dog carcass for a monster. No lasting RS coverage beyond a few "slow news day" stories. –dlthewave ☎ 12:30, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 13:53, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 13:53, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Globster. Looks like the name has actually been used at least a couple of times; apart from the dead dog referenced in the article, it seems there was also a dead fish the year before that received the name (see https://www.livescience.com/14325-east-river-monster-mutant.html here), and received the same sort of couple of days of coverage. There are plenty of newspaper references (as you would expect for something that washed up near NYC), but it appears to have had no lasting significance, and Wikipedia is not a newspaper. PohranicniStraze (talk) 16:00, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete before the next floater on the Hudson is dragged out. An article about a dead dog and a dead fish? Inclusionists will have an orgasm. -The Gnome (talk) 19:38, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment This article is about a specific "monster" (the dead dog), not a catchall for everything that goes by the name of "East River Monster." It's not a globster (decomposed whale) but it does fit the same category as the Montauk Monster and Panama Creature. –dlthewave ☎ 19:57, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or merge/redirect to East River - not notable enough for its own article, but the multiple "river monsters" could add a sentence or two the section on history. originalmess^{how u doin that busta rhyme?} 21:39, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as WP:NOTNEWS. Coolabahapple (talk) 09:42, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete WP:NOTNEWS Sgerbic (talk) 22:07, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete WP:NOTNEWS. How is a dead organism notable? AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:13, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Abe Lincoln is a dead organism. -The Gnome (talk) 09:50, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Wholly unsuitable topic for an encyclopedia. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:35, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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