Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autobot Clone

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. -- Cirt (talk) 16:49, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Autobot Clone

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Unsourced article that fails WP:GNG for fictional characters. The usual plan for such non-notable characters is to redirect/merge to a minor characters list but none appears to exist. Black Kite (t) (c) 18:21, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes there is a list article: List of Autobots. The article could be merged there. JIP | Talk 19:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Completely unsourced, no notability. This one could have been a speedy. Tarc (talk) 17:02, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, source better, or merge - notable multi media character where reliable sourcing can be found. Minor characters should be merged not deleted. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 01:08, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I don't think these guys count as notable multi-media characters, considering their lack of appearances or importance. NotARealWord (talk) 16:36, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of The Transformers episodes#Season 4 (1987). This short three episode season appears to be the only time they make a very brief appearance in the series. —Farix (t | c) 01:18, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No need for redirects considering their appearance in "The Rebirth" was like, one scene. NotARealWord (talk) 16:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- There is no obvious merge target, and all the material is sourceless fancruft, so a merge is out of the question. Reyk _YO! 07:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have added some references to the article, copying them from the articles about the Decepticon Clones: Pounce (Transformers) and Wingspan (Transformers). If the references are good enough for the Decepticon Clones, then they might be good enough for the Autobot Clones too. The only real difference I see between this article and the Decepticon Clone articles is that this article didn't have any references or sources. JIP | Talk 08:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I too added a cited book reference from a non-primary source. Mathewignash (talk) 12:39, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - That book is a toy guide, sources need to have significant coverage on the characters. NotARealWord (talk) 20:02, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Answer - That books talks about the characters, it's not a simple list or checklist. That's one reason I picked it. Mathewignash (talk) 22:45, 12 September 2010 (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.