Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Gathering Storm (Battletech Episode)


 * 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 to BattleTech: The Animated Series. Redirect all to the parent series to maintain histories until someone writes an episode summary article (prefereably with some sources). Black Kite (t) (c) 18:31, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

The Gathering Storm (Battletech Episode)
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Plot only de-proded articles with no notability, been tagged for clean up for a long time despite claims that they can be addressed, something I sincerely believe to be impossible to achieve.

Nomination includes the following articles: Don't think I missed any. Rehevkor ✉  17:09, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The Gathering Storm (Battletech Episode)
 * Retribution (Battletech Episode)
 * Trade Secrets (Battletech Episode)
 * Well Bargained and Done
 * Warriors of Light and Steel
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge all to a list of Battletech episodes, like other TV shows have. 65.94.253.16 (talk) 07:20, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge all to list of Battletech episodes. Edward321 (talk) 03:17, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep It needs addition of production data, and then it will not be just plot. There is no deadline for improvement here, we're a continuing project. I am not sure how one can conclude that something is "impossible to achieve", especially something like finding product data for a series.  DGG ( talk ) 03:15, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I have certainly been unable to find anything resembling the coverage required to support individual articles on this subject. As the articles stand they are simply overly detailed plot summaries written in an inappropriate style with trivia and not a solid basis for encyclopaedia articles. If the sources are available the articles can be written from scratch, there is no time limit but there is no reason to keep articles with such a laundry list of issues until someone is prepared to write a sourced neutral article. As is they add nothing to the project. Rehevkor ✉  12:01, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. Also, there is no useful information, sourced or otherwise, in any of these articles that can be useful to a traditional "episodes" article, that would have to be written from scratch. Rehevkor ✉  12:09, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete all per WP:PLOT.--137.122.49.102 (talk) 14:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete all As much as I like the show, the plots are far too detailed, probably bordering on copyright violation as a derivative work, and the only source I'm aware of has no real information on production data. If the plots are recreated at or trimmed to reasonable lengths then there's no reason to have a separate "List of episodes" article, as the series page is only 10kB. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:26, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per VernoWhitney/WP:PLOT. Keeping or merging would require third-party sources, which don't appear to be available. Stifle (talk) 14:24, 22 April 2010 (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.