User talk:Sci-fi fan

The Traveller Films AfD
Since you asked, Solaris-06 / Davrosthegreat / Sci-fi fan / Hepburnsprings / IP address 203.220.120.85 (funny, all these editors only edit one certain article), I personally don't have anything against the content of the article, nor am I trying to deny the existence of these films - I don't feel they have any place in the Wikipedia, though, as they are completely non-notable, and the article is a puff piece written (most likely) by someone who is (again, most likely) Andrew Merkelbach himself.

You claim these films have had international coverage, which may be true, but it's made absolutely no impact on the fanfilm community or internet culture. A Google search on "Traveller Film Series" brings up nine returns - NINE. "Curse of the Del Garria" brings back only 86, and only nine unique. A search on "The Traveller Chronicles" plus Merkelbach (to weed out returns related to the Traveller RPG) brings back only eleven returns, only five of them unique. Once you start taking away the returns that are mirrors of attempts to force the films and Merkelbach into the Wikipedia, it goes down ever further. And the idea that Merkelbach ever even thought he had a shot at the role of Doctor Who is ludicrous.

I suggest you take a good long look at What Wikipedia is not, especially the part about self-promotion and advertising. That's why The Traveller Films was nominated for and deleted before, and why it's been nominated again. End of line, program. MikeWazowski 06:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)