Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Batman (truck)


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The result was redirect to John Seasock. Daniel (talk) 00:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Batman (truck)

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What makes this racing truck notable? Coverage seems to be in passing, 90% of the article is unreferenced. The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar At best I'd suggest redirecting this to List of monster trucks. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:37, 29 October 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  12:21, 5 November 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, clpo13(talk) 22:48, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep This truck has won championships and so seems reasonably prominent in the field. It naturally appears in books such as Monster Truck Racing.  To see it in action, see Monster Jam World Finals VII.  But I'm disappointed that they don't play the tune "''Na na na na na na na..." Andrew🐉(talk) 10:07, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Two sentences in a picture book... I am sure we can do better because we can hardly do worse when it comes to reliable sources. Also, while arguably horses can win races, I don't think "trucks" do. Truck drivers, perhaps. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 13:17, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to John Seasock. What little there is about other drivers of this truck appears unsourced, and the driver and his truck are best treated together. —Kusma (talk) 13:52, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - I don't think redirecting to List of monster trucks is a good option. It looks as though from recent edits (such as ) and from the discussion on Articles for deletion/List of monster trucks that there is consensus to only keep notable trucks (ie with their own article) on the list. A7V2 (talk) 22:21, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep per Andrew Davidson. I googled Batman Truck USHRA and came up empty, but it appears there are more things out there per what Andrew mentioned. Still, the article needs work - if additional refs can't be provided, I would think a merge or redirect to something relevant would be appropriate. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 18:09, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to John Seasock - The truck's only claim to any kind of notability is the competition wins, which happened with John Seasock as the driver, and is already mentioned on his article. The actual sources regarding it are entirely insufficient to pass the WP:GNG, though.  As mentioned, the one source provided above is two sentences in a children's picture book, which can hardly be considered to be significant coverage.  And, the only other source I was able to find in sources is the exact same thing, a tiny blurb and a picture in a different children's' book, here. As the only significant events that this truck was involved in is entirely tied to John Seasock, redirecting to that article is the best WP:ATD that can be done at this point. Rorshacma (talk) 16:51, 19 November 2021 (UTC)


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