Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iguanus

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 Lists of Transformers characters. Sandstein 19:32, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Iguanus[edit]

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This article fails to establish notability. The one reception source in the article is too trivial on its own. TTN (talk) 22:30, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 22:30, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The sources that are there aren't actually that terrible, but they aren't sufficient to support an article. They'd be very useful to help source a list entry or two, though. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:43, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:22, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - Not notable enough to stand on its own, but notable within the fiction. Since the character has appeared in multiple stories, redirecting to Lists of Transformers characters will be the best way to help a user find the specific Iguanus they're looking for. Argento Surfer (talk) 16:10, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:05, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Transformers characters. per Argento Surfer. TonyBallioni (talk) 06:14, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Hear me out. I would typically agree that the sources for this would not merit a full article, and would be better suited for inclusion on a list. However, that said, this article is full of pertinent, encyclopedic, useful information, and is simply too much to merge into the list. Showing comparisons and contrasts between different versions of the character across different franchises is valid... so the usual argument that these kinds of sources don't provide enough information to sustain their own article is clearly wrong in this particular case. I would vote to merge/redirect, except that once done, I'd see a perfectly valid argument for splitting it back out to its own article! In summary, I think that it's met the criteria for inclusion within Wikipedia SOMEWHERE, and that there is enough reliably sourced information to merit its own article. So, keep. Fieari (talk) 06:47, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The only sourced information is that toys of this character exist. The bulk of it, which is the part I assume you're describing as pertinent, encyclopedic, and useful, is all unsourced plot material. Adding primary sources to this won't help prove notability. I agree that this is information that people may want. I disagree that Wikipedia is the place for it rather than, say, the Transfomers Wikia. Argento Surfer (talk) 12:28, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree here. The information is useful, but the question is if Wikipedia is the correct place for it. Looks too much like WP:PLOT for me. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:57, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Transformers characters; not independently notable. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:09, 7 October 2016 (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.