Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Broadside (Transformers)

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 no consensus. -- Cirt (talk) 01:31, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Broadside (Transformers)

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Article with no reliable/non-primary sources 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) 18:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC) Black Kite (t) (c) 18:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Notable character article that just needs work. At the rate these deletionists are nominating articles, how can they expect work to be done on them! Keep and start nominating them at a sane pace. Mathewignash (talk) 21:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Considering that you even say that about characters like Flamewar, Bumper, and Cannonball, you're not being real convincing. Although, I wouldn't really nominate this for deletion before going through some more obscure ones.NotARealWord (talk) 19:30, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - notable character. GoodDay (talk) 22:06, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a very convincing argument. NotARealWord (talk) 19:30, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fancruft, sourced to fansites, no real-world notability to be found, fails WP:GNG. Tarc (talk) 22:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notable multi media character where reliable sourcing can be found. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to a G1 character list. Appearance in Transformers: Armada doesn't appear to be significant. —Farix (t | c) 01:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- When dealing with non-notable character articles, it is always preferable to look for a list or to create one to merge the article into, or merge/redirect them to the main article instead of outright deletion and is in keeping with the WP:PRESERVE policy. Only in cases where the character is completely incidental should it be deleted. Also, how the page is currently organizes shows the folly of trying to cover more than one character from different series that happen to share the same name. —Farix (t | c) 18:27, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge to a character list. BOZ (talk) 04:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No reliable sources for the article, and what sources there are are non-RS primary sources and fancruft. Fails notability guidelines and GNG. Skinny87 (talk) 09:09, 14 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.