Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Soma

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Keep votes from entirely new users have been discounted as they are probably sockpuppets of one user. Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Jonathan Soma
"Jonathan Soma, is a fan created fictional character based on the Star Trek Enterprise television series". ie this is fanfiction. Whilst Wikipedia might find a home for articles about famed or notorious pieces of fan fiction, this does not appear to be so. (note google counts are distorted by the apparent existence of a real person with this name - "Jonathan Soma" +Trek, -wikipedia gets 13 hits total.) Morwen - Talk 6 July 2005 11:06 (UTC)
 * Delete. No reference to which works Soma appeared in, which makes one suspect he didn't appear in anything notable. Martpol 6 July 2005 11:08 (UTC)
 * Delete fanfic characters need significantly more links or media coverage to be included. - Mgm|(talk) July 6, 2005 11:18 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a fanfic repository.   &mdash; J I P | Talk 6 July 2005 12:41 (UTC)
 * Delete nn fanfic. --Etacar11 6 July 2005 23:04 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable fanfic. JamesBurns 7 July 2005 09:17 (UTC)
 * Keep Soma is a popular character among Star Trek Enterprise fans. He is VERY notable and very popular. Even recognised by the writers and producers of the show. There is a reference at the bottom of the page listing where his appearence/stories can be found.Scifithings- 7 July 2005 11:08 (UTC)
 * Delete It's fanfic, all references to him in other articles should be deleted. (Alphaboi867 9 July 2005 05:27 (UTC))
 * Keep Soma rocks man! Been readin him from the begining on the newsgroups. He's better than the lame@$$ characters on the real show!! baginboy- 12 July 2005 7:59 (UTC) (Actually Bashinboy, user's first edit)
 * Keep The Captain Soma series is an extremly well written set of stories, written by a professional writer, that is quite popular amongst Enterprise' online fanbase. I don't see anything wrong with keeping the 'Jonathon Soma' entry around.alphal88t- July 12, 2005 8:05 (UTC)
 * This is actually a vote from Alphal88t and this user's first edit. --Etacar11 02:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Soma is a wonderful, well thought-out and developed character. Although he's been created by a fan, he is popular with online fans and should be allowed to leave his mark on Wikipedia for all posterity!lyvidia- 12 July 2005 23:00 (UTC)
 * User has two edits, both here. This is starting to look like sockpuppetry. --Etacar11 14:28, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No Etcar11, fans are merely speaking out. If it's sockpuppetry, then the administrators will decide.- Scifithings- 13 July 2005 11:32 (UTC)
 * Three people, who all come directly here for their first edits, all sign their sig in lower case, even though their User names are capitalized. Two out of three of them misspell their sigs. (Or otherwise render incorrectly)  Looks suspicious to me.  But, of course, it's up to the admins to decide.  No offense to anyone meant. And, Scifithings, sign in before you leave a comment, so that we know it's really you. :) --Etacar11 15:39, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn fanfic. Ken 15:48, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Jonathan Soma is very popular in the internet world, who doesn't like him doesn't need to read his page, who comes across his character somewhere can look him up in Wikipedia, what's wrong with that?! Just because it isn't canon doesn't make him any less real, it's the fans that have kept Star Trek alive, not canon.  As a suggestion: it would help to have the article refer to the original fanfiction where he was created, and by whom. (Unsigned vote by, user's first edit)
 * Keep Many science fan fiction readers will find this information useful and interesting. I'm a mild fan fic reader but find this character facsinating. Please keep it.Y2kelly- 14 July 2005 12:12AM(UTC)
 * Delete, the admin closing this should check for sock votes. --nixie 04:15, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You are the second person to make this claim. The people who are voting to "KEEP", are Enterprise and Captain Soma fans. They are coming here to express their support. By all means, check for sockpuppetry or multiple voting. I would be hard pressed to believe you will find a single one. --Scifithings 12:24, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
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