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WP:FRINGE topic with only two citations - one of which is a broken link. Second reference relates to the crash of a small plane several years ago, which over a windy lake like Lake Michigan is hardly cause for great mystery. No indication that the "Michigan Triangle" exists as a thing in notable sources - google search only pointed to highly fringe websites such as
Abovetopsecret.comSimonm223 (
talk) 22:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete To my considerable surprise a Google turned up a ton of hits on this subject. But almost without exception (at least on the first four pages) they were from sources that massively failed
WP:RS. There might be some sources out there that will pass RS. But as of right now this article is a pretty clear case of FRINGE and it fails
WP:N and
WP:V. That's three strikes. -
Ad Orientem (
talk) 01:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment Yeah,
Jim Butcher actually mined a little bit of the "Lake Michigan eats boats" mythology for a few of his recent novels, however without RSes it's not appropriate for Wikipedia.
Simonm223 (
talk) 01:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete No reliable sources support this concept. It was originated by a single individual in an obscure Sheboygan newspaper story that's been subsequently reprinted
in fringy places around the web. -
LuckyLouie (
talk) 22:20, 5 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete Having flown across Lake Michigan in scheduled commercial airliners many times, I am well aware of the total lack of credibility for this extraordinary claim, as evidence by all the mainstream sources on commercial aviation saying nothing whatever about any special danger in traveling that heavily traveled route. --
WeijiBaikeBianji (
talk,
how I edit) 16:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment. Found this [
[1]] which discusses coverage by
Dwight_Boyer in one of his books, which I do not have access to. Most likely not enough to qualify as notable coverage.
Wickedjacob (
talk) 07:43, 8 March 2014 (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
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
WP:FRINGE topic with only two citations - one of which is a broken link. Second reference relates to the crash of a small plane several years ago, which over a windy lake like Lake Michigan is hardly cause for great mystery. No indication that the "Michigan Triangle" exists as a thing in notable sources - google search only pointed to highly fringe websites such as
Abovetopsecret.comSimonm223 (
talk) 22:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete To my considerable surprise a Google turned up a ton of hits on this subject. But almost without exception (at least on the first four pages) they were from sources that massively failed
WP:RS. There might be some sources out there that will pass RS. But as of right now this article is a pretty clear case of FRINGE and it fails
WP:N and
WP:V. That's three strikes. -
Ad Orientem (
talk) 01:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment Yeah,
Jim Butcher actually mined a little bit of the "Lake Michigan eats boats" mythology for a few of his recent novels, however without RSes it's not appropriate for Wikipedia.
Simonm223 (
talk) 01:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete No reliable sources support this concept. It was originated by a single individual in an obscure Sheboygan newspaper story that's been subsequently reprinted
in fringy places around the web. -
LuckyLouie (
talk) 22:20, 5 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete Having flown across Lake Michigan in scheduled commercial airliners many times, I am well aware of the total lack of credibility for this extraordinary claim, as evidence by all the mainstream sources on commercial aviation saying nothing whatever about any special danger in traveling that heavily traveled route. --
WeijiBaikeBianji (
talk,
how I edit) 16:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment. Found this [
[1]] which discusses coverage by
Dwight_Boyer in one of his books, which I do not have access to. Most likely not enough to qualify as notable coverage.
Wickedjacob (
talk) 07:43, 8 March 2014 (UTC)reply
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