Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Demon (Dungeons & Dragons)


 * 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 Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons). (non-admin closure) buidhe 06:33, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Demon (Dungeons & Dragons)

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Fancruft minutia that fails WP:GNG with the vast majority of sources being WP:PRIMARY save for a one sentence reception section based on a passing mention. Wikia/FANDOM material that is unencyclopedic. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 17:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 17:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 17:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 17:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete - The article is comprised entirely of game information, mostly in-universe, and the only non-game book source currently being used actually has very little coverage of demons, in-specific. It does talk at length about the religious backlash that occurred over D&D's use of fiendish elements, and I do think that is a topic that should be covered at Wikipedia.  But, it already is at Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons controversies, Devil (Dungeons & Dragons), and Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons).  And we really don't need that many articles to cover the same notable topic.  The actual in-universe game information in this article really should not be retained, and the information on the religious controversies that came about due to the use of demons should be covered entirely at Dungeons & Dragons controversies.  I could definitely get behind using this as a Redirect to that article, but there is really no non-gamebook information here to merge. Rorshacma (talk) 17:45, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons) and redirect. At the very least, this article can provide the sources absent from the "Demons" section of that target article. Daranios (talk) 19:25, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge, per . = paul2520 (talk) 21:38, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons) per the above. BD2412  T 03:55, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge to Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons) per above comments since there are WP:RS to retain, per WP:PRESERVE and WP:ATD. BOZ (talk) 04:16, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Fiend (DnD), not that I expect that one to last much longer neither. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:03, 15 March 2020 (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.