Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Islamic Republic


 * 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   merge to Executive_Orders_(Tom_Clancy_novel).  MBisanz  talk 01:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

United Islamic Republic

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Procedural nom, contested prod. This article does not establish notability independent of Executive Orders through the inclusion of real world information from reliable, third party sources. Most of the information is made up of original research and unnecessary plot details. There is no current assertion for future improvement of the article. There is sufficient coverage of the fictional country in the main article. McWomble (talk) 09:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - my own personal feeling is that a fictional creation in a Tom Clancy novel is more notable than any ordinary novel's creation. He sells tons of books, and is regarded as the king of his field of publication. If this gets deleted, at least redirect it to the book. - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:58, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep: It seems fictional content in the Tom Clancy literary world can be notable, but I don't see the kinds of sources I would hope for to really establish notability in this situation.  Chicken Wing (talk) 11:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * '''Weak keep or Merge and Redirect to Executive Orders BritishWatcher (talk) 11:19, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Executive Orders. I recognize that we have articles, including a category, about fictional countries.  In this case, this is plot summary -- i.e., Iraq and Iran have merged and it's causing trouble in the Middle East-- and it doesn't have enough real world notability to make its own article.  Like the Minnesota v. San Diego Super Bowl in The Sum of All Fears, it has no function other than to be a plot detail.  If it's a keep, then it needs to be moved to a title that includes the words "fictional country".  We have articles about real nations like United Arab Republic and United Arab Emirates. Mandsford (talk) 13:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Executive_Orders_(Tom_Clancy_novel). While Clancy is a notable writer, this entity, which only appears as a plot detail in one of his novels, is not.  There is no significant secondary coverage of this fictional entity, as far as I can tell.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 04:28, 29 November 2008 (UTC).
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 06:29, 2 December 2008 (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.