Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alamet

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.

The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 04:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alamet

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Non-notable - Hürriyet's news: This product has not been invented no time. The reporter made the wrong news. This is just a short story made by writer Oktan Keleş. It's just a historical fiction. Alamet is not real.

Delete -- Quicklyman (talk) 22:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable automaton at best and at worst fiction. Chaosdruid (talk) 04:21, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with Automata#Modern_automata per WP:PRESERVE, there seem to be some verifiable sources in Turkish. Diego (talk) 15:16, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Google news archive search for Alamet and robot shows results. [1] I put them through Google translator[2], and it is talking about this. So it gets coverage. Dream Focus 02:16, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A comment - Famous Turkish actor Necati Şaşmaz wanted to make a film about this robot. He thought it was based on historical documents. But was not the case. This is only a story made by Oktan Keleş. Keleş learned of this film was made and he sued to Şaşmaz for copyright Infringement over Alamet's story. And Şaşmaz gave up making this film. Previously Alamet was believed to be real. But now is not so. If Alamet were a reality in science history, Şaşmaz film could do about it. --85.107.92.112 (talk) 09:50, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep With improved references, this article should be kept. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:58, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 05:43, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relist comment: The question is whether this historical robot is verifiable (WP:V), and whether it is notable (WP:N) either as a real robot or as a hoax. The discussion so far has mostly not discussed this seriously. Sandstein 05:46, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There does seem to be some coverage (although I can't tell from Google's mangled translations whether the robot was real or fictional), and someone did seem to be planning to make a film about it. Since the project was scrapped and the sources are so vague about the robot itself, I'd say it isn't notable. Perhaps if someone who can read Turkish could shed some light, it might be salvageable. Or maybe not, considering the page has been created and deleted nine times on the Turkish Wikipedia. DoctorKubla (talk) 08:22, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete there doesn't seem to be enough coverage for a standalone article, but perhaps a sentence in some related articles might be appropriate. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:51, 4 May 2012 (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.