Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xil Rey Veríssimo

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The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD 20:47, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Xil Rey Veríssimo

• Delete: In Portuguese, unencyclopedic, reads like children's fiction, something about insects (didn't read it closely enough to say quite what), probably a copyvio as well. -- Jmabel | Talk 02:48, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Translation of the first paragraph by BabelFish:

  We go to witness the degustation of butterflies. We go all praise-the-gods to be immobilized for the mouth of one any green lizard. I killed a grasshopper. I am greater that it. Now I go to pass the spiders. The mortal kiss will only happen when I to want. I go to cover the eyes to it and to eat it later. I gained the confrontation. It was not linear. This body of praise-the-god still has much that if says to it. After all, I gained the spider. I want a flyer! I go to hunt another time. Not páro. Have-of finding a praise-the-god fresquinho__disponível to love.

  -- Scott e^iπ + 1 = 0 03:16, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete it's a bizarre first-person narrative describing bugs in very sexual terms. Not even an encyclopedia article at all, really. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:18, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, article as it stands is un-encyclopaedic. Megan1967 05:38, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• This has to be the oddest thing I've ever voted to delete. Lacrimosus 06:43, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I'll second that. Bug love! Who'd a-thunk? Someone want to fill us in on the definition of "degustation?" Delete and maybe add the Babelfish to BJAODN. - Lucky 6.9 07:28, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • From dictionary.com:

    de·gust tr.v. de·gust·ed, de·gust·ing, de·gusts

    To taste with relish; savor.

    -- Scott e^iπ + 1 = 0 08:02, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)

  • Also, the edit summary translates as: Pretty, Interesting, Lying youngster, Baixo and Maneta. So bizzare. -- Scott e^iπ + 1 = 0 08:15, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Speedily delete as patent nonsense. --Angr 09:18, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Eating butterflies...? This is disturbing. - Lucky 6.9 18:02, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I can read portuguese, and I can attest this is not an encyclopedia article. It's fiction: "Capítulo I" stands for "Chapter I", for instance. After googling a bit, I found out that "Xil Veríssimo" (without the middle-name "Rey") is a non-notable portuguese poet: he has one poem, called "Ó minha concubina" ("Oh, my concubine") published here. If he were notable, I would suggest transwiki to WikiSource; since this does not seem to be the case, my vote is Delete. vlad_mv 18:31, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Nonsense. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:49, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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