Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mega-Octane

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. Courcelles 00:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mega-Octane

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Nothing to indicate notability. Delete. NotARealWord (talk) 12:52, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or redirect to Transformers:_Robots_in_Disguise#Decepticons_.28Combatrons.29 Mathewignash (talk) 13:56, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or redirect or something. Whatever, this article does not need to exist. J Milburn (talk) 15:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Its been shown time and time again the so called "sources" on this and many other Transformers articles are unreliable :See "Reliable sources for Transformers"
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:35, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No reliable independent secondary sources to WP:verify notability. Shooterwalker (talk) 23:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG. Blest Withouten Match (talk) 17:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Transformers: Robots in Disguise characters along with other characters from the same television series. A good way to start the list is to split off this entire section from the main article. —Farix (t | c) 22:42, 9 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. 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) 17:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Notability establishment - I added a reliable tird party book source which has a paragraph about Mega-Octane in it. That should help establish notability. Mathewignash (talk) 00:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - DK's The Ultimate Guide is so not a "third party" source, being a Hasbro-affiliated publication, written by Simon Furman. Plus, the book had spelling mistakes. NotARealWord (talk) 16:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No real-world notability asserted for a fictional character. Tarc (talk) 02:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- Crufty plot summary, bloated with original research, and "sourced" to a couple of toy catalogues. This is an encyclopedia, not a fansite. Reyk _YO! 05:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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