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Hi all, can we please carry on the hoax of drop bears. It is Australian culture to remind tourists of the dangers of drop bears and this Wikipedia page ruins this as it is the first page to appear when googling "Does Australia have drop bears?". Several other websites have made an effort to continue the idea.
I hope other Aussie Wikipedia users feel the same way.
Thanks. 94.56.252.49 (talk) 17:05, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
The Drop Bear Task Force is a 1914 book that seems to be based on this hoax. I realize this is OR and not a usable secondary source. --Rpresser 18:37, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
In this edit, CAVincent removed a lengthy paragraph which described an advertisement for Bundaberg Rum, saying "removing extended discussion of a an advertisement; presumed non-notable". This was reverted by Jack Upland with the justification that "It's a notable pop cultural mention of the bear". But the only source available is a YouTube clip of the advertisement itself. I am struggling to see how that makes it notable, especially how it warrants anything more than a very short mention. As it is, the paragraph mentions "Bundaberg Rum" or "Bundy" four times, which sounds excessive to me. Rather than reverting again and starting an edit war, I would like to canvas opinions - what does the Brains Trust have to say? Gronk Oz (talk) 00:53, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Just noticed that there is no evidence that the video on YouTube was owned by the person who uploaded it. It will need a new reference. I've removed it as per Wikipedia:Copyrights#Linking to copyrighted works. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 06:49, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
We ask just to change the description of Fictional Creature to Australian creature and rewrite the first paragraph to go along with the hoax, but then get into that its not real afterwards. If people just google and read the short and not read the full article thats their problem. I think this is a healty balance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveoD83 (talk • contribs) 04:14, 2024 February 16 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Do the drop bear is hostile 103.89.237.225 (talk) 06:54, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
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