Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Millet red leaf virus

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The result was delete. Sandstein 17:39, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Millet red leaf virus

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This virus seems to have very little notability because it has never been classified as a species by the ICTV and searching for it on PubMed, PMC, and GenBank returns zero results. Velayinosu (talk) 01:44, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Biology-related deletion discussions. Velayinosu (talk) 01:44, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment there is an archived link to ICTV in the external links section, where it is listed as a species. Surely this must be a synonym of something? Plantdrew (talk) 00:08, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See my reply on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beet yellow net virus. Velayinosu (talk) 03:24, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 02:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 11:46, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Agree with OP, this virus has no recognition outside of an extremely sparse entry at https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/35107 (a UK nonprofit specializing in agriculture). I think it's relatively evident that we don't need a unique wiki article for every single obscure virus, and this is an example of that. Re: whether it is a different name for a notable virus, I cannot find any evidence of that. It is possible, although all other viruses in Luteoviridae infect other plants, so as a virologist (who admittedly has very little experience with plant viruses) I find it unlikely. The viruses in this and similar genera tend to be pretty specialized to the plants they infect. Honestly, there's probably a unique species of virus for basically all grain host species. But that doesn't mean we need a different article for every single one. They'd all be stubs.--Shibbolethink ^(♔ ^♕) 17:19, 21 June 2021 (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.