Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robbie the Robot


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 06:30, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Robbie the Robot

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Not a valid disambiguation page. There isn't a single Robbie the Robot in the bunch. The Asimov character is a robot named Robbie (and this page isn't titled Robbie, a robot). The rest are variations of the name Robbie. Assuming this is deleted, it could be reconstituted as a spelling mistake redirect to the one-and-only Robby the Robot. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:44, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:54, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge from Rob the Robot and keep as a set index page. There is an alliterative trope of naming fictional robots some variation of "Robert" or "Robbie" or "Rob" that can lead to confusion between them. This is not exactly an ambiguous topic, but one worth listing somewhere. The phenomenon was even commented on by Isaac Asimoc in-universe: "There's no law about it, but you've probably noticed for yourself that almost every robot has a name beginning with R. R for robot, I suppose. The usual name is Robert. There must be a million robot Roberts in the northeast corridor alone". "Christmas Without Rodney", Robot Visions (1991), p. 398.  BD2412  T 00:34, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Per WP:SETINDEX, "The criteria for creating ... a set index article should be the same as for a stand-alone list." There are no such lists out there. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:47, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * We have Robert, an article on the name, which lists people named Robert (including fictional people), and Robbie, also on the name, which includes two robots on its list of names. This would just entail a restructuring of existing information (or, at least, permissible information) about robots named variations of "Robert". I have no objection, by the way, to moving that to a more refined title, and redirecting the title at issue here to Robby the Robot. BD2412  T 05:44, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I fail to understand your rationale. There are people and fictional characters named Robert and Robbie. There are none named Robbie the Robot, and only one close enough to require any action. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:08, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Per our own article on the name, Robbie, it is "usually encountered as a nickname or a shortened form of Robert, Rob or Robin"; per Asimov, this is a common trope in robot naming, and there are plenty of robots named an alliterative variation of "Robert". Enough for a page, anyway. BD2412  T 18:02, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   12:44, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep as either a DAB or SIA. These are all variations people could reasonably be looking for if they heard about a "Robby the robot" and weren't sure of the details of the spelling. MB 13:59, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep as a set index article, per BD2412 and MB, but rename to "List of robots named Robert" or similar. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 12:15, 28 August 2022 (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.