Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alana

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 Transformers: Generation 1. MBisanz ^talk 00:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alana[edit]

Unnotable transformer character who only appeared on one episode. The whole article is original research and is fancruft. Tavix (talk) 03:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and decide how to merge. Probably not appropriate for a separate article; how much content should be merged can be discussed better on the talk page. "Fancruft" as a argument is exactly equivalent to IDONTLIKEIT. Plain description of characters and plot is not OR. DGG (talk) 04:18, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, the complete absence of independent coverage amounts to a failure of WP:FICT. Nuttah (talk) 18:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 09:43, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 09:45, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:14, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: No direct and detailed examination by multiple independent sources. Fails WP:N.—Kww(talk) 00:19, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

merge per DGG's logic. a character on a notable show should at least have some mention here. Umbralcorax (talk) 03:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Everything someone would want to know on her is already found at The Transformers (animated series) characters Tavix (talk) 03:21, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Which makes The Transformers (animated series) characters the perfect redirect target. - Mgm|^(talk) 23:53, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly my point. Tavix (talk) 02:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

but if you agree there's a god redirect target, why are you nominating for delete? A redirect is a keep. DGG (talk) 23:23, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, a redirect is a delete as the only thing that is retained is a link to another article. Tavix (talk) 23:55, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Instead of nominating articles for deletion, maybe suggest merges and the fans of the articles who work on them might have less objections. Mathewignash (talk) 01:32, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A merger discussion may have been a wiser approach. This ongoing effort to simply delete all fictional content as fancruft is tiresome and a drain. Obviously our readers want this content so we would be wise to present it encyclopedicly, deleting isn't helping here. -- Banjeboi 03:00, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree here. I work hard top keep the fan-fiction and theories out of the Transformers articles I monitor. People are always making up fake episodes, or writing their own fan theories in articles. I make sure that only facts are present in the articles, like the article on Terranotron, where someone had added their fan-made origin to the character, and kept putting it in every time I deleted it! I worked hard to get it corrected, and add references to all the real facts. Then after I was done, someone went and nominated the fixed article for deletion as "fancruft"! I had worked hard to make a factual article out of one that was messed up, and then the surviving material got deleted anyways. It's very discouraging to work on improving an article only to get someone who doesn't like a subject get it deleted. Mathewignash (talk) 19:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – no notability asserted by significant coverage in sources independent of the topic. Entire article is unsourced plot summary. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 18:44, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.