Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maximal (Transformers) (2nd nomination)

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 Transformers. Keeping the history in case any material can be copied over. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:58, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maximal (Transformers)[edit]

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This article does not establish notability. The sources in the article appear to be pure fluff that do not provide significant coverage on the topic. TTN (talk) 00:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 00:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. Merge any content if needed. Avoid redlink bait to recreate the article again, preserves history if ever needed. Montanabw^(talk) 20:37, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cavarrone 09:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:28, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Question@Montanabw: what is your suggested redirect target? I'm in agreement with you in principle. I'm just not as familiar with the Transformers universe to know if there is an article other than the main article that would be a good target?
Delete and then Redirect as these have been established, as it is, as not convincing for their own articles because we're simply not a series-focused encyclopedia, and there wouldn't be anything to suggest an otherwise better article. SwisterTwister talk 03:26, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply: Redirect to Transformers. My take on these types of articles about toys and cartoon-type characters is that deletion just leaves a redlink that is bait for the article to be recreated (and AfD'd) again, and again... it is actually wise to keep the bluelink and do a redirect. There also appears to be a fair bit of content here, and some of it can probably be added to the main article. Montanabw^(talk) 05:30, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Transformers per Montanabw. I agree with the reasoning. Redlinks on relatively popular subjects such as this invite recreation. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:00, 15 November 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.