Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harchester United F.C.

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The result was merge to Dream Team (TV series). (non-admin closure) Luis150902 (talk | contribs) 12:10, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Harchester United F.C.[edit]

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This resembles Wikipedia's articles on real football clubs, but it isn't one. It's a detailed fictional history of an entirely fictional club, from the TV series Dream Team. I'd argue the fictional club isn't notable at all by Wikipedia guidelines; but even if it is, this level of detailed coverage isn't justifiable (amongst other things, it violates MOS:INUNIVERSE and WP:NOT). To quote the comments of User:Anna Frodesiak on Talk:Dream Team (TV series) (almost ten years ago!), It is interesting and someone put a lot of work into it, but it is certainly not encyclopedia-worthy. This should be deleted and redirected to Dream Team (TV series). The fictional player biographies in {{Dream Team}} are also probably worth considering for deletion. Robofish (talk) 21:47, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notifying contributors: User:RI, User:Timo~enwiki, User:Bornintheguz, User:Differentgravy, User:Ezenden, User:Joe Bamber, User:Psycheout, User:Arsenaldc1988, User:CahirAndIrish, User:Dale Arnett, User:D1502825B, User:Manufan86, User:Lee1981uk, User:JournoBill07, User:KX675, User:Stubbsy89, User:Clyde1998, User:Danhbk, User:Mattyspringltfc, User:Oatesy 07, User:Electric river, User:Mad Bill, User:Ggabot, User:Bogger, User:Latics, User:Sours, User:Mr Hall of England, User:Wonderwizard, User:Footballgy, User:Dan18-12-96, User:Davefelmer, User:Michael Pora, User:Davey2010, User:Smithzy1. Robofish (talk) 22:18, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also potentially interested are User:Boothman and User:Browncoat101, who commented on the talkpage. Robofish (talk) 22:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and delete. While it's entirely commendable that someone did go to the effort to create an article resembling a real football club, User:Robofish is correct, in my view, that the article doesn't meet Wikipedia guidelines. My preferred course of action would be to merge it into the Dream Team article, particularly anything that occurred within the TV programme, as part of a synopsis and backstory for the programme (written in a less factual sounding way) if at all possible. Everything else should be deleted. The player biographies from {{Dream Team}} could be merged into the article, provided that the information meets Wikipedia guidelines. Based on a quick review of these articles, it appears that most are fictional biographies which should be deleted under MOS:INUNIVERSE. Clyde1998 (talk) 23:05, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 10:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 10:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 10:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect (possible search term) to Dream Team (TV series) Merge what content is needed into the article and remove what isn't needed. When it comes too all these fictional player bio's merged and trim them all in to an article along the lines of List of Dream Team cast and characters. Govvy (talk) 12:28, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 12:44, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - to Dream_Team_(TV_series), a plausible search term but not an independently notable character. Also, this is enWiki not Wikia. Fenix down (talk) 12:54, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect with Dream Team (TV_series). Giant Snowman 17:02, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect Smallbones_(smalltalk) 15:43, 22 March 2018 (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.