Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blood War (2nd nomination)


 * 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 merge to Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons). After merge the article shall be redirected to Feud. (non-admin closure) Winged Blades Godric  04:49, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Blood War
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This doesn't establish notability. The reception is not actually reception. It's literally just an contextual description of the topic for the reader. TTN (talk) 23:48, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 23:48, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep as we do have one independent source to start with, or merge to Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons). BOZ (talk) 04:32, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep The article needs improvement, not deletion. This isn't something like a minor event that is only covered in one trilogy of novels; this is a major, continuing component of D&D, that has been part of D&D for decades, featured across a hundred or so novels, sourcebooks, comics, boardgames, card games, video games, and other media. —Lowellian (reply) 23:30, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:45, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- no notability established. The content is largely uncited original research and trivia. The few citations offered are to in-universe publications. The only 3rd party, independent sourced content is is this:
 * Trenton Webb of Arcane magazine described the Blood War: "A war has raged across the planes since the dawn of time. Fought with unparalleled savagery between two of the most powerful races of the multiverse, the baatezu and tanar'ri, it has cost billions of lives. And although this Blood War is fought on the Lower Planes between the forces of evil, the fate of all the planes hangs on its outcome."[6]
 * This is just a description of the war, but does not offer any encyclopedically relevant analysis of its significance in popular culture. There's nothing to merge here, hence delete, and optionally redirect name only. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:19, 8 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Merge per BOZ and WP:ATD-M. I'll note that K.e.coffman's opinion is not policy based, in that primary sources are perfectly acceptable to verify uncontroversial content; they just don't count towards notability. Jclemens (talk) 05:29, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:17, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  So Why  06:43, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge per Boz, though I do think that this page title should be a redirect to Feud. A brief description in one review is not really enough to justify keeping this, and I do not see Lowellian's view as grounded in our guidelines. I do not see being long-lasting as an alternative to being covered in third-party source for the purposes of establishing notability. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:39, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


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