Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heat-Ray (2nd nomination)


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The result was redirect to Martian (The War of the Worlds). Eddie891 Talk Work 17:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Heat-Ray
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Appears to be a largely non-notable and GNG-failing topic. Already described in the main article at The War of the Worlds, so a separate article is unnecessary. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:38, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:38, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:38, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:38, 29 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect/Merge to Martian (The War of the Worlds), and I would probably recommend the same for the other articles on the very specific weapons used by the Martians such as Red weed and Black smoke (The War of the Worlds). While there are, of course, mentions of the specific weapons in various sources discussing the novel and adaptations of War of the Worlds, I am not finding anything that would justify it being split off into its own article, rather than being covered as part of the overall topic of the Martians and their technology.  Rorshacma (talk) 20:35, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Martian (The War of the Worlds), which already covers this weapon in more than enough detail. There is no need for a WP:SPLIT here. Devonian Wombat (talk) 11:22, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect - There seem to be a few sources talking about it in some context, but it can just be used to help to bolster the article if they're not already included. There's little need for a separate article TTN (talk) 13:32, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect No stand alone notability shown. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:11, 2 December 2020 (UTC)


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