Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flash (DC animated universe)

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. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 19:58, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flash (DC animated universe)

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This article is a creation of original research that pulls information from various Wikipedia articles on comic book characters. Specifically:

The lead is from Flash in other media#DC Animated Universe, 1st and 2nd paragraphs.
The section "Key episodes" is from the same article and subsection, 3rd paragraph in full.
The section "Secret identity issues" is from the same article and subsection, 4th paragraph.
The Barry Allen elements subsection is from the same article and subsection, 5th paragraph.
The Wally West elements subsection is from the same article and subsection, paragraphs 6 and 7.
Powers and abilities
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Cosmic treadmill is from Cosmic treadmill#In other media, both bullets.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Speed Force is from Speed Force#Other media, full section.
Locations in the Flash's universe
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Flash Museum is from Flash Museum#Animated series, the entire subsection.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Gorilla City is from Gorilla City#Television, 2nd bullet.
Supporting characters
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Elongated Man is from Elongated Man#Television, 1st bullet and all 3 of its sub-bullets.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Linda Park is from Linda Park (comics)#Appearances in other media, 1st and 2nd paragraphs.
Villains
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Doctor Alchemy and Mr. Element is from Doctor Alchemy#Television, full section.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Captain Boomerang is from Captain Boomerang#Television, Bullets 1 and 2.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Captain Cold is from Captain Cold#Television, 3rd bullet.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Fiddler is from Fiddler (comics)#Television, full section.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Gorilla Grodd is from Gorilla Grodd#DC animated universe, full section, including subsection headers.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Heat Wave is from Heat Wave (comics)#Television, full section.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Abra Kadabra is from Abra Kadabra (comics)#Television, 1st bullet.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Mirror Master is from Mirror Master#Television, 2nd and 3rd bullets.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Pied Piper is from Pied Piper (comics)#Other media, 1st bullet.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Reverse-Flash is from Reverse-Flash#Animated series, 1st bullet.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Shade is from Shade (comics)#Television, full section though the sentences are slightly juggled.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Thinker is from Thinker (DC Comics)#Television, full section.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Top is from Top (comics)#Television, 1st bullet.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Trickster is from Trickster (comics)#Justice League Unlimited, full section.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Turtle is from Turtle (comics)#Television, full section.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Weather Wizard is from Weather Wizard#Television, bullets 2, 4, and 5.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Professor Zoom is from Professor Zoom#Other media, 2nd bullet.
- Flash (DC animated universe)#Zoom is from Zoom (comics)#Zoom (comics), full section.

With the villains, note that 3 of the sections refer to the same two characters - and alternate universe version of the Flash that was never see on screen and a robot. Both based on "the costumes look the same".

Presenting the character of the Flash along with the 2 "casts" creates the impression that this article is dealing with "show" even though the characters are supposedly limited to Superman: The Animated Series and the Justice League/Justice League Unlimited series.

This and Wonder Woman (DC animated universe) are the latest two in a recurring "bad content" issue where articles are fabricated in this manner. Frankly, on top of the OR issue, they are an unneeded and ill-advised content fork. We have had a number of like content fork lists and articles come through AfD from this editor, the bulk of which have resulted in the removal of the composite articles. This is becoming disruptive - the discovery of new or additional like "articles" after the last batch has been deleted and having to go through the same presentation that "Yes, it's content fork. Yes, it's a bad fork. And yes it is a carbon copy of already existing material." J Greb (talk) 08:02, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. —J Greb (talk) 08:02, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Flash (comics) Doc Quintana (talk) 12:29, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - all the information is already in the right place (where the links go) and this serves no purpose other than to confuse. Dozens of similar articles have been deleted and there should be a moratorium on creating any new ones, as all it is doing is wasting everyone's time (those editing them and those coming along behind and deleting them) - there is a clear consensus that they aren't required and are just unnecessary duplication of existing material (without, it is worth noting, any kind of indication which articles the text is lifted from, something that is required). (Emperor (talk) 13:16, 10 April 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Well put. Agree. Delete Eusebeus (talk) 14:59, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:25, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 00:42, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Having the same information duplicated in different articles is a nightmare - and it looks like it's already in the appropriate places. -- Boing! said Zebedee 13:08, 17 April 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.