Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deathlands (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 to keep the article. Merges and redirects of other articles can be discussed on the talk page. - filelake shoe &#xF0F6;  10:03, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Deathlands
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Fiction book plot summary RichardMills65 (talk) 21:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - the fact that a movie has been made based upon the series makes it slightly notable, but not enough in my opinion. If the article is deleted, we should probably also delete articles related to characters set in the series, such as Mildred Wyeth --Kristjan Wager (talk) 22:01, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete No reviews or third party sources found. If the parent is deleted, the related subpages can be G8'd. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 2 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Current article is a mess, and the level of in-universe detail (and most or all the subpages) needs steeply culled.  However, that this is a long-running series that has been adapted into a movie suggests that sources are likely.  Here's a potential source from way outside the normal places to find comments on a book series.   And of course, much of the reviews and discussions of the movie at least mention the book series that is its inspiration. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 21:36, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Challenge accepted. I'll see what I can do about trimming the article and fixing it. Just a question: Since the series is pretty extensive, spanning a long publication time, would it be acceptable to move the character into to a page entitled "List of Dethlands characters"? The individual character pages absolutely need to be deleted, but I think one page for a list of all of the characters would be a good idea.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 12:42, 7 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. I noticed that one of the qualifications of WP:NBOOK is that if a book or series has made a significant contribution to a notable movie, it could be considered notable as well. If the movie is considered notable enough to have its own article then that would extend to the book series as well. I'm still trying to find sources, but I just wanted to voice this.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 17:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 21:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong keep as a series article. There is List of Deathlands novels that should be merged in here, as well as the individual volumes (Category:Deathlands novels; Pilgrimage to Hell would be the first) and the seven character articles Ryan Cawdor, Krysty Wroth, J. B. Dix, Dean Cawdor, Jak Lauren, Mildred Wyeth, and Dr. Theophilus Tanner. I volunteer for performing the mergers (should be uncontroversial). Or all those articles should be deleted as well for being even less notable. – sgeureka t•c 11:41, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see my proposal was also pretty much the consensus in the last AfD. – sgeureka t•c 11:44, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. A dreadful article about a series of mostly dreadful potboilers, but it's been running for decades, has spun off other-media adaptations, and has installments written by notable writers. However, just about all the related articles (except author bios) should be deleted or merged here. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:29, 22 April 2012 (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.