Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radiator Springs


 * 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 and redirect to Cars (film). King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 20:11, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Radiator Springs

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This article is about some location in the Cars movie and has no chance to assert notability. It fails WP:FICT and should not be on this site. ZeroGiga (talk) 19:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable, in-universe part of Cars, no relevance to the plot. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells• Otter chirps • HELP!) 19:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Huh? Radiator Springs has no relevance to the plot of Cars? Are we talking about the same movie? DHowell (talk) 02:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep There is some interesting material in this article about the creation of the fictional town, based on real locations. The list of characters and plot spoilers should be removed. -Steve Dufour (talk) 20:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It's basically a big unsourced trivia list. Do you really think it could be sourced to anything that's not a primary source? Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells• Otter chirps • HELP!) 20:50, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that this is a marginal case. However the existence of Radiator Springs could be established by almost any review of the movie. Then facts from related sources could be added. If the article survives AfD I will work on rewriting it. -Steve Dufour (talk) 20:59, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * He didn't say it was a marginal case. Any review of the movie would mention the setting in passing by way of reviewing the movie.  How is that not a trivial mention? Protonk (talk) 22:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:N, WP:NOT and WP:WAF. Doesn't cite a single source (primary or otherwise).  Delete and rediect to cars or just redirect to cars.  It doesn't matter to me. Protonk (talk) 22:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.   —PC78 (talk) 01:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete Fails just about every single relevant policy. WP:FICT, WP:V, WP:TRIV, just to name a few. Erik the Red  2 ( AVE · CAESAR ) 03:53, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge. There is already a section for this in Cars (film); we don't need a seperate article. Merge if there's anything worth saving, delete if not. PC78 (talk) 04:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge or Redirect. Full agreement with PC78. No point having this info in 2 places. Michael Q. Schmidt (talk) 05:56, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:N due to the lack of significant coverage (meaning sources that address the subject directly in detail), so there is no reason for there to be an article about the fictional town separate from Cars. If there is anything verifiable to say about the town, it can be included at the film article. — Erik  (talk • contrib) - 11:33, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Deletion is fine; one less target for the trolls. --Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Trivia and in-universe only info about a non-notable fictional location. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 19:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect or weak keep. This is a major setting in a hugely popular film. Even if its notability independent of the film is questionable, it is indisputably a valid search term, as evidenced by many hits at Google News Archive and Google Books. Much of the current article seems to be based on information found here and here; but sources of better reliability might be this San Jose Mercury News article, this Tulsa World article, and a book called The Art of Cars. But notability is also suggested by a Radiator Springs-themed area of Toon Studio at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris; and a coloring book called "Welcome to Radiator Springs". There is no reason to delete this article for lack of notability when an appropriate merge target exists. DHowell (talk) 02:31, 31 July 2008 (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.