Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Decepticons (3rd nomination)


 * 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. It turns out I cannot delete the article since it has so many revisions. Could a steward handle it, please? Tone 22:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

List of Decepticons
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Same rationale as Articles for deletion/List of Autobots that was just deleted. Anyone worried about the redirects to the article can either move them now or request they be retained should this end in delete.

This list no longer has any utility. The series previously had somewhere between 600-1000 character articles. It now has 20. There are also around 20 character lists, so this is not a necessary navigational list. Decepticon can hold a small list of blue links if that's actually necessary. This is just a barebones list of names, and even that is useless because most of these characters have two to three different versions due to most of these series being completely different continuities only sharing some core character concepts. Due to that, this cannot function as a proper navigational hub without being even more of a mess than its current incarnation. TTN (talk) 21:36, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 21:36, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete pure fancruft. Most of the bluelinks are either circular or point to something irrelevant, eg Squawkbox. buidhe 23:52, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete It's clumsily and poorly worded and other articles cover all of it.Halbared (talk) 23:54, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - Pretty much my same argument here as on the recently closed AFD on the corresponding Autobots list. Every major iteration of the franchise already has coverage of their major characters, whether on the many other Lists of Transformers characters or in their own articles.  A list that just jams in every Decepticon, regardless of notability, from multiple series, timelines, and continuities into one place is not a useful way to organize information that is either already found in better form elsewhere or not notable enough to cover.  Decepticons are notable, but this list is just WP:INDISCRIMINATE.  Rorshacma (talk) 00:03, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - The Transformers story arcs are too separate to create a coherent list that passes WP:LISTN, and most of the content on this page is irrelevant to anything. Hog Farm (talk) 05:03, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:57, 29 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Userfy - I believe this list can be made functional, but I don't have the time to do so now. I'd like it to be moved to a subpage in my userspace so I don't have to start from scratch later. Argento Surfer (talk) 15:49, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. As others have already pointed out, the characters on this list are already present on other lists. There is nothing lost by getting rid of this list other than duplicated text. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 20:04, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. Videogameplayer99 (talk) 22:52, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. ミラP 16:40, 1 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Procedural delete. I would have wanted List of Autobots to stay, but no that it's been deleted, it feels silly to keep List of Decepticons around. Being a Decepticon is in no way any more notable than being an Autobot, or vice versa. J I P  &#124; Talk 21:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment to closing admin: This article has been edited 9K times, so that's another steward to ask at meta:Steward requests/Miscellaneous. ミラP 22:54, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:INDISCRIMINATE list that fails WP's current notability criteria for lists.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 06:57, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per pretty much everything above - INDISCRIMINATE is a good enough reason. Red Phoenix  talk  12:54, 3 March 2020 (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.