Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of the X-Men comics


 * 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   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 15:51, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

History of the X-Men comics

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Short version: This article is completely redundant to the "Publication history" section of X-Men.

Long version: Back in 2005, the article X-Men was a mess. It was overlong, unsourced, and filled with POV rants, trivia, and hoaxes. On September 6, 2005, the editor Onomatopoeia set about fixing this. However, instead of simply deleting the bad material, he cut-and-pasted it into a new article, History of the X-Men comics. The relevant discussion topic may be found here. Since then, X-Men has reached relatively good shape; it's concise yet comprehensive, neutral, and mostly well-sourced. History of the X-Men comics, on the other hand, is still a completely unsourced collection of POV commentary and trivia. It's obvious why no one has bothered to make serious improvements to the article in its nearly nine years of existence: the article subject is already covered in full by the "Publication history" section of X-Men, and the article itself was never anything more than a dumping ground for all the bad content from its parent article. It has no reason to exist. NukeofEarl (talk) 16:23, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Probably best to just delete and start over.  There's too much original research and opinion to easily fix this article.  I say this as someone who is perfectly willing to spend a few weeks rewriting salvageable articles.  While AfD is not cleanup, we also have the option of WP:TNT, which I think is warranted in this case.  If it's kept, then it probably needs to be stubbed. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep with heavy editing I do believe it can be salvaged there are definitely certain things mentioned here that just aren't mentioned in the general X-Men article. I might not be against a merge however.-Rainbowofpeace (talk) 10:38, 8 March 2014 (UTC) 10:37, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:TNT. A tangled web of original research, probably compiled with the very best of intentions, but not suitable for Wikipedia or compliant with our policies.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 13:23, 10 March 2014 (UTC).
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