Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tigon

Tigon

Tigon was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep.

This animal simply does not exist -- the idea of it was either created or popularized by the film Napoleon Dynamite Perhaps one could rework the article in order to make these facts clear; otherwise, it needs to be deleted. Humor is great, but it's isn't. Zantastik 06:44, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Of course ligers and tigons exist. They've certainly existed long before the film Napoleon Dynamite did! Google for 'lion tiger crossbreed" - Nunh-huh 06:56, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

• It's got an entry in the Encylopedia Britannica [1], but perhaps we should still merge it with "List of fictional creatures in Napoleon Dynamite". Kappa 18:09, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Nomination appears to be based on poor information. Andrewa 18:15, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Of course it's real. I suppose ligers, zeedonks, and geeps are all joke entries as well? Xezbeth 18:27, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)
  • Not to mention mules. Keep. -Branddobbe 07:02, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep, tigons are real animals. --fvw* 18:40, 2004 Dec 26 (UTC)
• Keep. I first heard of tigons and ligers years ago, but I've never heard of Napoleon Dynamite. P Ingerson 20:12, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Real hybrid animal. Jayjg | Talk 23:22, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep as above. Icundell 00:43, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep, I saw aa show on the tele a couple of years ago about them. Rje 01:49, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep: DCEdwards1966 01:54, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Real animal. EventHorizon 03:53, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep, just as everyone else says, it's a real animal.
• Keep, I seen them on TV, their real
• Keep: I was apparently completely wrong here, and I apologize for wasting everyone's time.66.61.19.199 10:44, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Keep: They are definitely real. Jet 17:33, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep: An honest mistake, yes, but next time try referring to a real encyclopedia or Just Google It before wasting our time. GRider\^talk 18:09, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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