Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Breakaway (Transformers)


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 16:48, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Breakaway (Transformers)

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Article with no reliable/non-primary sources that fails WP:GNG for fictional characters. The usual plan for such non-notable characters is to redirect/merge to a minor characters list but none appears to exist. Black Kite (t) (c) 18:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC) Black Kite (t) (c) 18:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination; there are simply not enough non-primary sources to justify a merge of this non-notable content. — Chromancer  talk/cont 19:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Or redirect to list of Autobots Mathewignash (talk) 20:24, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and that goes for all Transformers related articles. GoodDay (talk) 22:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fancruft, sourced to fansites, no real-world notability to be found, fails WP:GNG. Tarc (talk) 22:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - The article is about multiple, unrelated, non-notable fictional characters. NotARealWord (talk) 12:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable multi media character where reliable sourcing can be found. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Split the article based along the different series, merge into their respective series character lists, and convert to a disambiguation page. —Farix (t &#124; c) 01:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 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. Also, how the page is currently organizes shows the folly of trying to cover more than one character from different series that happen to share the same name. A character's role in a story line can be verifiable through the primary source and there is no requirement that all entries on a character list must have third party sources. —Farix (t &#124; c) 18:29, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete no verifiable information to merge, character too minor to have substantial coverage in reliable sources. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  04:15, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * So you are saying that the characters haven't appeared in any of the TF series? Because the TF series would be enough to verify basic plot details. —Farix (t &#124; c) 00:53, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The only Breakaway that was story-important was the fan club character. Maybe information on Breakaway can be put in an article on the fan club and their magazine (that he was a main character in). NotARealWord (talk) 20:00, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 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.