Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Star Trek crossovers


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 00:34, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Star Trek crossovers

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Lack of WP:GNG, WP:RS for the trope in the series as a whole. I haven't found any third-party analysis/coverage about the use of crossovers within Trek as a whole. As a plot point within individual episodes, yes, crossovers receives coverage -- but I haven't found a review or commentary on crossovers for the franchise as a whole. (Many of my hits yielded articles or actual texts about Mirror Universe (Star Trek).) My initial thought is to rename this "List of Star Trek characters who appear in multiple spin-offs" -- but, even then, I instead think it'd be better to create a category to affix to the notable characters' articles. So... --EEMIV (talk) 23:46, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Move to WikiProject Star Trek/Star Trek crossovers . Not independently WP-notable, but it contains material suitable for use in a variety of other Star Trek articles. Keeping it in Project (WikiProject) space will simplify appropriate reuse and greatly aid proper attribution. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:11, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, certainly "keep for now" due to the recent addition of materal from the category per Fayenatic below. I'm not entirely sure that the subject itself meets the GNG squarely, but there are a vast number of mentions, and over 500 incoming article links, and so the article has merit for navigation.  It is currently in better shape as an article than something titled "List of..."  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:05, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep at least as a list of crossover episodes; this is the outcome of CfD August 21 for Category:Star Trek crossover episodes. By all means challenge specific points of commentary as citation-needed, or remove them, but IMHO there is already enough to indicate notability, and a list should be useful and encyclopedic. – Fayenatic  L ondon 19:26, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 21:35, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 21:35, 16 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Notable characters? Check. Notable series? Check.  Coverages in RS'es about the crossover phenomenon itself? 1, 2, 3... Check.  Mind you, that's far from an exhaustive list, just a Google News search that shows me that the GNG is met, making this an appropriate topic to retain as a separate article. Jclemens (talk) 01:53, 17 September 2012 (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.