Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Optimus Prime (person) (4th nomination)

Closing admin's rationale
With all due respect to the editors involved, this was a poorly argued discussion. Svetoid laid out a very good argument for deletion in his nomination, namely that this article is an example of recentism and that Optimus Prime the Lesser has no notability now. Looking at the article bears this out quite well: two mentions by a local television station and one mention in a blog don't get you through the Primary Notability Criterion. Blogs are not reliable sources on the enWiki and local tv news crews will cover trivialities like dog adoptions if they're pressed for material, so there's no non-trivial publications here.

Most of the deleted voters echoed Svetoid's argument, citing the lack of notability, although I would have much preferred if they had specifically cited the exact guidelines in question. The keep voters cited several different arguments (many of them misinterpreting WP guidelines) but not one of them spoke to Svetoid's original deletion argument, much less refuted it. A strong current through the keep arguments was, essentially, that the article has been around for a while with no consensus to delete it before, thus it should stay. That argument doesn't cotton with any policy and holds no water with me.

- A  Train ''talk 20:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)