Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dropshot (Transformers)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dropshot (Transformers)

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Minor fictional character that does not appear to have any third-party significant commentary. Black Kite (t) (c) 00:31, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Black Kite (t) (c) 00:31, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Micromasters per WP:BEFORE #5, which should have been done by the nominator of the article. A member of a team should be merged back to the team page before he is considered for deletion. Mathewignash (talk) 01:19, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 01:40, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:10, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge or redirect to Micromasters. JIP | Talk 07:51, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
delete or merge No one is talking about this in an out-of-universe context. HominidMachinae (talk) 23:39, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No reliably sourced coverage to support claim of notability. In-world cruft is insufficient. Tarc (talk) 03:00, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no coverage in reliable independent sources to WP:verify notability. Shooterwalker (talk) 01:33, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Question - I noticed you voted merge to Micromasters for Bombshock and delete for Dropshot, yet they are nearly identical characters, they were released at the same time, appeared in the same comics as each other, had the same sources, they are nearly identical characters. I don't see the consistancy. Mathewignash (talk) 09:20, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no reliable sources = no article.Dwanyewest (talk) 17:31, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No objective evidence to presume that the fictional character as a stand-alone topic meets the general notability guideline. Due to the disambiguation in the article title and the lack of reliable secondary sources, I think that neither a redirect nor a merge are justified. Jfgslo (talk) 00:36, 16 July 2011 (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.