Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas & friends ertl range


 * 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. — Kurykh  00:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Thomas & friends ertl range

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An article (actually another list) for the same topic, called Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ERTL Models, was previously redirected as part of a group afd at Articles for deletion/Thomas Tomy Wind Ups, where the consensus was "these shouldn't each have their own articles". That was redirected on 16 March 2007 but a replacement was created 5 days later. Someone prodded this within 24 hours of creation, but the prod was removed, claiming that it would "be converted into a redirect in due course" after merging. This range is already covered at Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends merchandise so no more merging appears necessary, and it's four months later which is more than enough time. Usually a redirect would be enough, but since this will probably be reverted or recreated again later, a delete would be better (based on WP:NOT#IINFO and no notability confirmed through significant coverage in independent sources). Saikokira 01:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment A protected redirect to Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends merchandise might go some way solve the problem. However, there are many, many ways of spelling and capitalising this title, so it'd be easy to circumvent.  Eliminator JR  Talk  12:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The main reason for contesting the original PROD was that the page contained better-formatted information than the article that preceded it, and there was only a matter of hours before delete time in which to do a decent assessment. I'm quite happy for it to be deleted now, although there is the high liklihood that a similar page will be recreated in the future, as this is a topic that WP's younger editors are interested in. EdJogg 12:57, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirect (or delete) -- my apologies for forgetting about this. It was on my ToDo list, but at a very low priority. Since creation, several 'knowledgeable' editors have knocked the list into shape. However, it is still completely unreferenced, and, like the previous set of lists, probably should go.
 * There is effectively no encyclopaedic content that isn't already on the main 'merchandise' page, so no further merge is required.
 * The content of the list has been copied across to the equivalent page at the companion Wiki, TrainSpotting World ("Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ERTL Models"), where the more lenient content policies allow interested parties to maintain and improve such lists.
 * EdJogg 12:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete the phrase "indiscriminate collection of information" comes to mind ˉˉanetode╦╩ 13:17, 23 July 2007 (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.