Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cylon 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 redirect to Battlestar Galactica. Consensus was to delete, but there seems to be agreement that there is some useful content that could be placed in other articles. Since there is a plausible redirect target, I've redirected the article to make the history more accessible to anyone that might want to merge some of the content into other articles. ‑Scottywong | verbalize _ 00:30, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Cylon War
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Big background event in a fictional universe, but fails WP:GNG. Lots of mentions in passing, sure, but primarily in the in-universe reference works. Nothing I can find shows that this has real world significance or impact, no scholarly source discusses influences on or by this fictional event, etc. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:46, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect to Battlestar Galactica if people think that it is a plausible search term.  - The article is currently nothing but a lot of unsourced plot summaries, with a smattering of OR sprinkled throughout.  Additionally, a large portion of the article is just a general summary of the plot of the reboot series, making it a rather unnecessary WP:FORK of the main Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) article.  As stated by the nomination, while there are plenty of passing mentions when doing the normal searches, none of them are anything but trivial or plot-only sources, and there is nothing that talks in depth about either version of the "first" Cylon War.  And, as I mentioned, the "second" Cylon War is just the plot of the series that has no reason to be a separate article from said series.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.183.45.226 (talk) 17:19, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
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 * Disambiguate and split Merge the very separate wars to the respective original and reimagined BSG series, and make the article a disambiguation page to the 2-3 sections of the notable fictional franchises in which Cylon Wars appeared. Jclemens (talk) 00:34, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Seems like a decent subject, and the two different takes on it sharing an article would seem to make sense (with room for comparisons between the two) but at the moment it's utterly unsupported by any kind of sources and so not viable. Artw (talk) 18:33, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just the usual in-universe stuff, no reliable independent sources, not worth the merging effort.  Sandstein   18:41, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep I see no new points made from the last AfD from the deletion perspective. Still contains sources independent from in-universe only content. Notability is kinda iffy, but I'm sure I can find something to establish it. Bahb the Illuminated (talk) 19:01, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


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