Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tigatron

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, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tigatron

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Disputed prod. Real world notability not clear, no reliable sources cited. J Milburn (talk) 20:33, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment- Not sure what to vote for, but I think this is more notable than Airazor. NotARealWord (talk) 21:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge with Beast Wars characters page if not. Mathewignash (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:41, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Beast Wars characters. Character had a significant role during the first season. —Farix (t | c) 23:12, 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 and is in keeping with the WP:PRESERVE policy. Only in cases where the character is completely incidental should it be deleted. —Farix (t | c) 18:07, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
More notability - I just added a third party book that talks about Tigatron in detail. That should help prove notability. Mathewignash (talk) 23:57, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No real-world notability asserted for a fictional character. Adding links to toy catalogs doesn't cut it, sorry. Tarc (talk) 02:08, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
More notability - PC World reviewed one of the toys for Tigraton in Sept 2009. Mathewignash (talk) 11:30, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a blizzard of truly embarresing citations to marketting tools. No independent reliable sources address themselves to the real world notability or context of this thing. That is, the realityverse pays this no attention aside form the work of fiction it inhabits.Bali ultimate (talk) 18:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Notability - I just added a non-primary book source to the article. Mathewignash (talk) 12:52, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - That book is a toy guide. If it doesn't say much about the subject of the article (Tigatron), then it doesn't establish notability.Bali ultimate's argument on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Energon (power source) is about that kinda source that doesn't give much coverage to the subject. NotARealWord (talk) 19:49, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No independent reliable sources, fails GNG and notability guidelines. Skinny87 (talk) 09:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 01:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Skinny87. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:52, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no reliable sources for this that can WP:verify notability. Shooterwalker (talk) 06:35, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not a smidgen of reliable sources to back this article up. Dwanyewest (talk) 17:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Beast Wars characters. Why, why, why is Wikipedia full of idiot deletionists who want to remove everything they don't like? There are lists out there. Redirect to them. --Divebomb (talk) 14:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - PC World magazine reviewed the toy for Tigatron. Certainly a notable magazine. Mathewignash (talk) 15:39, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
More sources - Business Wire reported on the voice actor of Tigatron attending the Transformers convention in 2006 for the 10th anniversary of Beast Wars. Mathewignash (talk) 22:19, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- the sources don't substantial coverage to justify a solo article. Dwanyewest (talk) 23:58, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Another source - Just added the Figure King Magazine review source. Mathewignash (talk) 00:13, 19 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.