Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparative ranks and insignia of Star Trek


 * 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 of the debate was keep. W.marsh 03:23, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Comparative ranks and insignia of Star Trek
This was created a long time ago with some combination of canon, non-canon anf fanon info... I think everybody (see the talk page) knew it should be deleted but didn't want to because they thought it could be useful. However, I just don't think there's any way to salvage this in its current form and the cleanup tag from May 2005 would confirm as much. Schrei 21:51, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * keep, but remove the content that is disputed & hasn't had citations added since May (apparently gorn & ferengi ranks, per discussion page). Karnesky 21:56, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: Pure original research mostly stolen (sorry to be harsh, but its true) off of other people's fan websites with no connection to the producers of the Star Trek show. -Husnock 00:03, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep anything verifiable, strip the rest out. However, there's quite a few unfree images onboard. Stifle 00:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Karnesky. It doesn't have to be canon, in the sense of appearing on-screen, but it should at least be official, as in having appeared in a licensed product.  The Bajoran ranks, since they're so obviously based on US Army ranks, could stay, but, for example, the upper and lower Cardassian ranks look like pure conjecture.  In those cases, we should leave spaces for them in the chart but omit the conjectural terms.  Powers 17:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Powers It doesn't have to be on-screen canon (being non-canonical is not criteria for being deleted, see ), but some citation from official (albeit non-canonical), non-fanfic, non original-research sources are needed. Roleplaying game sourcebooks, for example, would be plenty for purposes of this article.  This needs some cleanup and sourcing, but not deletion.  --Wingsandsword 16:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge Starfleet ranks and insignia into an all-inclusive article. This is a chart, not an encyclopedia article. I think that might be what he's getting at. Jibbajabba 19:03, 15 February 2006 (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.