Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Beast Machines characters


 * 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 KEEP (redirecting or copyediting is at the discretion of any editor) Nabla 02:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

List of Beast Machines characters

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All but one of these entries has an article of its own, and content here repeats content on those individual character articles. Each of the section headers -- Maximals, Predacons, Vehicons -- has its own category, each of which has many more entries than are on this List of..., suggesting this list is both incomplete and would become unwieldy if it were exhaustive. Recommend axing the list and replacing it with Category:Beast Machines characters. --EEMeltonIV 07:03, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I don't know the Transformers world beyond ~1986 well enough to know if that's the best category suggestions, or how best to situate it in relation to the myriad other Transformers-related categories; other suggestions welcome. --EEMeltonIV 07:07, 5 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirect I agree with the nomination and suggest splitting out the drones into their own article (after that, a redirect will be necessary to preserve attribution history, as our license suggests). Then clear incoming links to this article and create the category as suggested.--Chaser - T 07:43, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Actually, this doesn't even require AFD. If you want to withdraw the nom, I'll close it and implement as described.--Chaser - T 08:02, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds swell to me -- if you're willing to do the grunt work, go for it. --EEMeltonIV 06:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Beast Machines or delete, redundant list as each character has its own article. J I P  | Talk 08:59, 5 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 21:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep but trim each entry to about 2 sentences each. That way one can get an overview of the topic without loading separate pages full of plot details. Kappa 06:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Do we have a List of Transformers characters, List of Generation 2 characters, List of Beast Wars characters, List of Robots in Disguise characters, List of Armada characters, List of Energon characters, List of Cybertron characters or List of Transformers: The Movie characters? Well OK, we do have one. But the point is, I just listed every American/European Transformers show ever, and there were character list articles for just two. Because of this, I think we are fine with articles about the series as a whole, articles about individual factions or groups, and articles about individual characters. J I P  | Talk 19:49, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Great, OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST so without instead of examining this case on its merits we'll just go ahead and force readers to wade through a list of random names in order to get an overview of which character is which. Actually I'm not too familiar with this fictional universe but I'm sure some of the potential lists you mentioned could be merged if they were kept to the point. Certainly List of Transformers characters and List of Transformers: The Movie characters. Kappa 23:53, 8 August 2007 (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.