Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radiator Springs (2nd 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 redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Cars (franchise). Liz Read! Talk! 05:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Radiator Springs
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Fictonal town, pure plot summary that fails WP:GNG. BEFORE is not helpful - the academic paper that appears on top of GScholar mentioning this in its name uses this just for, well, name - in the text this is mentioned ~2 in passing (SIGCOV fail). Any analysis I see (based on sources in the article) boils down to a single sentence that "Many characters and places in the film are directly inspired by real Route 66 places and people."; note "many characters in places" - this is not even specific to this fictional location but to the movie itself. While there is a bit of fan trivia about which Route 66 locations (in and outside Radiator Springs) can be seen in the animated movie, this is fandom-level fancruft, I fear. At best this can be redirected to the movie, per SOFTDELETE and ATD. PS. Note the 2008 AfD already concluded as delete and redirect, so this is technically a speedy-qualifying restoration of deleted content... Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:36, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy,  and Film. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  05:36, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * If deemed insufficiently notable per se, redirect to Cars (franchise) (where it is repeatedly mentioned, obviously) as the nominator himself mentions.- My, oh my! (Mushy Yank)  09:27, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Cars (franchise) If a town exists one day based on this, the it can have its own page. Also, since it wasn't developed by the same editor, I don't think it qualifies for speedy. Conyo14 (talk) 17:38, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Cars (franchise) per nom. FatCat96 (talk) 18:21, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Cars (franchise) - The current article is just plot summary and a whole lot of trivia. Searches do not demonstrate that the town has any notability on its own - its the setting of a notable franchise and thus is mentioned in sources discussing that franchise, but does not have the kind of coverage that would warrant an independent article. Its a plausible search term, so redirecting to the franchise page makes the most sense. Rorshacma (talk) 20:05, 27 September 2023 (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.