Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morganville, Texas


 * 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. A merge/redirect would be an option if a targed article existed. Since it does not, it's a delete. If the content is needed alter, let me know. Tone 11:24, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Morganville, Texas

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Contested prod. This is a fictional location with no assertion of notability. Yes, I realize notability is not inherited, but surely non-notability is: the parent article about the book series that takes place in this location doesn't even exist! No prejudice against creating a sourced, well-written series article in compliance with WP:WAF, but that hypothetical article should not borrow from this in-universe treatment. Axem Titanium (talk) 04:15, 22 August 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 22:43, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep -  NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 04:31, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Reason? B.Wind (talk) 02:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge with The Morganville Vampires article or Rachel Caine entry. There's no separate Wikipedia entry for Pencey Prep, the fictional school Holden Caulfield went to in The Catcher In The Rye. If that fictional place isn't famous enough for its own Wikipedia article, then Morganville, Texas definitely isn't either. TruthGal (talk) 05:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Kind of odd that the author considered the fictional town to be more worthy of an article than the series of books that are set in the town. An article called The Morganville Vampires (book series) would be more likely to survive, with some real world information to go with the fantasy.  The town itself is not notable independently of the book series.  Mandsford (talk) 20:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Rename to The Morganville Vampires as the article has strayed far from my original intent to describe the fictional setting for this series of books. That would also allow a lot of the detail repeated (improperly) in the Rachel Caine article to be merged to the renamed article.  I reject the notion that no fictional place could have an article because nobody has gotten around to creating another unrelated article, especially when it's the setting for a New York Times best-selling series of novels, but must agree that this article needs more cleanup effort than I can provide at the moment.  - Dravecky (talk) 06:44, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- Cyber cobra  (talk) 07:48, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; non-notable, in-universe fancruft. We don't need articles on fictional towns that kids' books are set in. The author may be notable; the book series may be, too. This is not. Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:56, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as above per WP:NOT. Non-notable trivia. Eusebeus (talk) 12:06, 2 September 2009 (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.