Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ardan

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I count 7 clear "delete" votes, 4 "merge" votes and one "keep as is" but that's from an anonymous users and must be discounted. While there is a clear majority to delete, there is not the necessary overwhelming concensus. I will attempt the merge and create this as a redirect. Rossami (talk) 08:41, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ardan
Do I even need to ask? Are gym instructors from the Sootopolis City of the fictional world of Pokémon encyclopedically noteworthy? This character garners 137 unique google hits. Jimbo Wales once said in an interview with the Washington Post: "It is our goal to put the sum of all human knowledge in the form of an encyclopedia in the hands of every single person on the planet for free." -- Is this what our forefathers originally had in mind? GRider\talk 18:48, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Brookie 18:59, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pokemon cruft. jni 19:41, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pokècruft.  Fishal 20:51, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, GOOPTI. -- Antaeus Feldspar 21:34, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, pokemon fancruft. Megan1967 00:53, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looks like we're finally getting somewhere in the cleansing of wikipedia of its Pokemon cancer. Is this the turning point? Shall we start the counteroffensive? Do we have momentum? Or shall we wait until their forces are weaker, after the fad wanes and no one cares anymore? -R. fiend 01:15, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * So I guess articles on stuff in the Star Trek and Star Wars universes fair game for vfd by your reasoning? Okay... kelvSYC 18:08, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge or keep "fancruft". Kappa 12:20, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * No vote - The information looks like it could be part of Pokémon wikibook. But as the guy in charage of that, I'd have to put that in limbo, as Pokémon isn't ready for it yet.  However, note that not all Gym Leaders are in the same spot - Brock and Misty are good examples... kelvSYC 18:08, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into something if you can figure out what, and get rid of the stategy guide stuff> (Who needs complete game statistics in an encyclopedia?) -Aranel (" Sarah ") 22:12, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge first paragraph and the name information into Sootopolis City, or other suitable page. The remainder... delete I guess. Maybe we need a Wikigames? &mdash; RJH 02:17, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Sootopolis City, agree with RJHall. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy)  03:21, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Very strong keep. How can you even think about erasing this????  67.110.225.100 16:53, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: above anon has been tampering with votes on Pokemon articles, changing some deletes to keep. -R. fiend 18:05, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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