Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thumb tick

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The result was speedy delete. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 21:46, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thumb tick

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This article is a hybrid of a hoax and a how-to guide. I have found nothing to indicate that a species of tick called a "thumb tick" exists. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 21:30, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Hoax fails verifiability. Nothing about the claimed species at the references cited in the article or in Google Book Search. Also reads like a "how-to" but if the species existed that could be fixed by editing. Consider speedy deletion. Edison (talk) 21:48, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:19, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Hoax: Can't find any support for the existence of the species Digitus hallexpollex, or even of the genus Digitus. The claim that the species is a hybrid between two others doesn't make a lot of sense, as it would be unlikely to be considered a species then. And even if it was recognised as a species that originated from such hybridisation, wouldn't it be in the same genus? The two parent species are both in the genus Ixodes. -- Boing! said Zebedee 14:22, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I can't find any sign of the Rocky Mountain Tick either - I'd assumed it was Ixodes pacificus, which carries Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but that is also carried by dog ticks - Dermacentor sp. -- Boing! said Zebedee 14:28, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And just found Rocky Mountain Wood Tick, [1], another Dermacentor sp. -- Boing! said Zebedee 14:34, 21 February 2010 (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.