Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carnivac


 * 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   redirect to List of Decepticons. T. Canens (talk) 07:11, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Carnivac

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Fictional character that appears not to pass WP:GNG, sources are all primary, no individual notability asserted. Normally would merge to character list, but no list appears to exist. Black Kite (t) (c) 22:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC) Black Kite (t) (c) 22:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Autobots. Mathewignash (talk) 01:51, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Carnivac is a Decepticon, not an Autobot. J I P  &#124; Talk 06:05, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete If I'm reading the article correctly, this appears to be a comics-only character who never appeared in the series. In either case, does not appear to be notable. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  13:30, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: What's wrong with being comics-only? The TV show doesn't define the entire fiction. That said, Carnivac did only have a very minor role in the comic. (And there are some characters who didn't appear in either the TV show or in the comic.) J I P  &#124; Talk 14:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Transformers was a very popular TV show, and the movies, flawed as they are, were both international blockbusters. But the comic, by comparison, was much less impactful, and thus characters appearing only in the comic have very little cultural significance and are unlikely to have substantial coverage in reliable sources the way, say, Optimus Prime might have. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:33, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a reasonable argument, but I still don't think "if he wasn't in the show, he's not notable" can be used as a rule. Characters that only appeared in the comics tend to be less notable, but that's not set in stone. J I P  &#124; Talk 17:25, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I sure wasn't intending to establish a rule, but I guess since we're on the subject I might as well ask if there are any counterexamples: do you know of any comic-only Transformers characters who unquestionably pass WP:GNG? Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  23:09, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Decepticons. How did this survive four years? --Divebomb (talk) 14:08, 18 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.