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2020 Great Duck Pileup

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Delete per WP:NOT § NEWS. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of news material. Many events receive coverage in the news and yet are not of historic or lasting importance. And there is no WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE, as evidenced by the dates of the sources used in the article. Events that are only covered in sources published during or immediately after an event, without further analysis or discussion, are likely not suitable for an encyclopedia article. Isaidnoway (talk) 13:21, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I only get hits on multiple Duck Boat accidents, nothing about this particular event. Interesting piece of trivia, nothing for notability though. There is no lasting coverage, only some from the time of the event. Oaktree b (talk) 13:37, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Animal and Iowa. Shellwood (talk) 13:40, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete An almost platonic example of WP:NOTNEWS. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:43, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and Environment. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:47, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not News, no lasting importance. LightlySeared (talk) 20:44, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the phrase "Great Duck Pileup" does not appear to exist anywhere else on the Internet (Google: "Great Duck Pileup" -wikipedia). No lasting coverage. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 22:27, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Whimsical and amusing name, but per nom. Metallurgist (talk) 22:40, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Impact of the moon on wildlife

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Unfortunately, I recommended the editor add their material to the corresponding existing pages about phenomena instead of at Moon, but it seems they've made an article about multiple subjects instead. There's nothing this article would help readers with that the individual contributions where they belong wouldn't. Tide seems redundant but Nocturnality or Moonlight do not! Remsense 🌈 论 22:57, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Biology-related deletion discussions. Remsense 🌈 论 22:57, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Animal and Astronomy. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:28, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I intended this to be a short section on the Moon page, referencing these pages that you mentioned, but you personally deemed it "irrelevant" to the page. I don't agree at all, the page also contains a large section on the Lunar effect, which is not even a real phenomenon but a speculated one. The impact of the moon on wildlife is clearly an interesting and relevant topic (in my personal opinion at least as interesting as the cultural references to the moon, which are discussed at length!), and should be mentioned somewhere. If not on the moon page, and not on a separate page, please suggest a better space for this. Apoptheosis (talk) 07:53, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Every single organism in the tidal zones - uncounted thousands of species - is affected by tides, and it is the relevant existing articles (intertidal zone and intertidal ecology) that cover this aspect. Similar, animal navigation is where moon navigation should go - either under Animal_navigation#Orientation by the night sky or under a new subheading, although I suggest the former unless there is a large amount of material waiting to be added. So I guess this equates to a partial merge for the moonlight navigation only, and drop the tidal material because it's covered. We don't need a new article for this. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:06, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see how this is redundant with the mentioned articles. I still think there should be a space to clearly state and collect the impact the Moon has on biological systems on earth by referencing theses pages, which is significant. In my opinion the Moon page would be the right place, as it already includes the Lunar effect. Currently this is under Moon#In culture and life. This could be seperated out into 'In culture' and 'In life/biology". Apoptheosis (talk) 10:52, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What would seem sensible to me would be separating Lunar effect into effects on humans vs other biota, and then add a summary and pointers to the pages mentioned above to the latter section. Linking between articles is always good, we are just trying to avoid creating unnecessary real estate (i.e. new pages) in the process. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:44, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with this approach is that 1) the Lunar effect seems to be primarily about the effect on humans, and the article starts with the claim that it is 'unfounded'. To be fair, I think this article should be rewritten/rephrased as well, since it mentions also proven effects on animals, but the way it's written this is hard to disentangle. 2) Lunar effect is about the effect of lunar (month) cycles, while the effect of the moon goes beyond that (e.g., via tides). Apoptheosis (talk) 16:24, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there is a required focus on humans in this concept or article; the non-human sections have quite a lot of material. You are right that this is about lunar phases rather than tides, but then we do cover general tidal influences already in several articles (see above) and these could be linked with a simple "For general impacts of lumar tides on biota, SEE ALSO". --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 06:59, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Elmidae. There's no need for a new article for this content. While both tides and nighttime light are from the moon, they are not otherwise related in a way that would warrant this page. Reywas92^Talk 22:08, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I actually have a whole lesson for my 8th grade science and 9th grade biology classes about how tides affect crabs. I'm not sure that's enough for an entire encyclopedia article. Bearian (talk) 07:23, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the Lunar effect article, which does cover animals and plants to a greater extent than this article. Praemonitus (talk) 17:48, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: While no consensus for delete at this point the discussion has elaborated conflicting options - there's a fairly clearly defined merge proposal and some contested targets for redirect. Further discussion on those proposals would be helpful.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Goldsztajn (talk) 00:52, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Lunar effect. per above OPHYRIUS ^⚔ 04:33, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Lunar effect – Sounds a great WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 08:47, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to #Effects on moonlight and tide articles. Lunar effect seems to be more about the moon cycle, whereas this article is not about that. Metallurgist (talk) 20:33, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Mediocre.marsupial (talk) 09:02, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]