Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imperial Guard (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. I am going to leave the backlinks intact in case someone feels a redirect to Shi'ar makes sense. – sgeureka t•c 22:55, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Imperial Guard (comics)

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Fictional organization with no evidence of notability. Merge proposal has been added when my prod was declined, but with no rationale, and I don't see any valuable referenced content that needs to be rescued. No prejudice to soft delete and redirect to Shi'ar. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:27, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  11:27, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 12:04, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 12:56, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: I'm going to relist as there is mixed views, but only 1 of the !votes (plus the nomination) appears to be policy justified, so a straight delete could be warranted.
 * Keep or merge to Shi'ar. BOZ (talk) 16:29, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect - Fails to establish notability. TTN (talk) 17:43, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Shi'ar. Artw (talk) 22:40, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - I think a good article could be built around the Imperial Guard, but virtually nothing from the current article would be in it. Starting over from scratch would be easier. Argento Surfer (talk) 21:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Let this page stay. They are notable in the Shi'ar Empire and the comics where they played parts in space-based storylines. Plus, not all of the aliens that are in the Imperial Guard are from the Shi'ar race. --Rtkat3 (talk) 20:49, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * In-universe notability is irrelevant on a real world project like Wikipedia. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 17:11, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 12:02, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - The bulk of the information here is completely in-universe plot information, sourced only to primary sources. They are already discussed on the main Shi'ar article, and as there is almost no non-primary sourced information, no merger is necessary.  I would also argue that the title would not serve as a useful redirect.  If this article is deleted, then List of Imperial Guard members should be deleted as well, as its in even worse shape than this already non-notable article.  Rorshacma (talk) 18:40, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, the article fails WP:GNG, being sourced to primary sources, one passing mention and one Comic Book Resources article that might help, but one source is not enough to pass GNG in any case. The page name too generic to redirect, and I have my doubts about the proposed target article's notability. Devonian Wombat (talk) 22:54, 19 January


 * 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.