Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dana Sterling (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 List of Robotech characters. czar ⨹   15:39, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Dana Sterling
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The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (biographies) and Notability (fiction) requirement. Reviewing arguments at Articles for deletion/Dana Sterling I see nothing but "this is a major characters from Robotech, and how dare you dispute that anything related to Robotech is notable", and various variations of WP:ITSIMPORTANT; this entire AfD is a simple fail for the closing non-admin, illustrating their lack of familiarity with deletion criteria (the discussion should have been re-listed, not closed...). Yes, many of us grew up on that series. No, it doesn't amount to anything if the article fails listed policies, and this one - as almst all others about characters from Robotech/Macross - do. Fan sites like mania.com are no better - and I'd say even worse - than the often criticized wikia. At least, wikia articles can be updated and the authors more readily identified and contavted. This does not belong on Wikipedia, only on wikia and fansites, as there are no reliable sources (i.e., sources that are not fansites or primary). If you are sentimental about Robotech, go to http://robotech.wikia.com/wiki/Dana_Sterling - it's already better than what we have hare, anyway. At best, this should be redirected to a short summary at the List of Robotech characters. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 12:27, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Merge to List of Robotech characters, the sources are primary yes at best but they would help out the character list article more. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:37, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge summary to List of Robotech characters. Doesn't fulfil requirements for individual page but a reasonably possible search term. SephyTheThird (talk) 02:30, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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