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The result was redirect to Hybrid (mythology). MBisanz ^talk 01:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Half-creatures

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Appears to be original research. I read references 1-3, and they do not even mention the term "half-creature". (#4 is inaccessible to me.) Tagged with notability concerns since more than 1 year. B. Wolterding (talk) 16:43, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – I believe the problem is with the title, not the notability. Try half man/half animal. As the article points out, these creatures are an important part of mythology. In fact, they are represented in cave drawings predating modern history. Name change and keep is the solution in my opinion. Thanks ShoesssS ^Talk 17:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The article points that out, but doesn't give a reliable source. A name change won't solve that problem. --B. Wolterding (talk) 17:41, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LOL- a reliable source for mythology? How about Homer? ShoesssS ^Talk 17:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What about considering Homer as a primary source? It's not our job here to interpret the Ilias, we should base our articles on secondary sources. Of course there are plenty about Homer - just that this article does not have the least relation to them. --B. Wolterding (talk) 17:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cyclops ? ShoesssS ^Talk 18:05, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Hybrid (mythology). Juzhong (talk) 17:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You mean "merge"? --B. Wolterding (talk) 17:52, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge what little is not already there to Hybrid (mythology). This page does have the mention of modern examples in its favour, but with the way they're currently presented we should be careful to avoid turning Hybrid (mythology) into an open-ended list of film and anime characters. Olaf Davis (talk) 18:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. We definitely shouldn't add everything in the article to Hybrid (mythology), especially not as a list, and especially not every single video game and TV character. But it might be appropriate to split the Hybrid article into sections and include a few notable examples of hybrid creatures in literature, film, etc. Graymornings_(talk) 04:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to hybrid (mythology): we don't need two articles on the exact same subject. (We could merge that article to this one, but that one appears better sourced.) The lists are worth keeping, but should be in the article we already have. Terraxos (talk) 03:04, 9 January 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.