Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lin Carter deities

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:45, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lin Carter deities

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What makes this topic notable? I don't see anything out there outside few mentions in passing. Also, this type of an article effectively a List of deities in Lin Carter's works, a topic which also fails WP:LISTN. This content belongs on fan wiki, not here. Not a valid redirect target, no non-PLOT content to merge to Cthulhu Mythos deities. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. So trivial it should be gnawed into non-existence in the night by a worm. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:10, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete From what I can tell, Lin Carter's deities have not been seriously studied. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 05:13, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. It's always seemed an odd title for an article, though Carter's additions to the Cthulhu Mythos are arguably important. Still, it seems like the material, if worth keeping, might find a better home elsewhere, as in a general article in CM deities. (Is there one?) BPK (talk) 14:12, 18 June 2020 (UTC) (Hmm, looks like there is, along with at least four other articles identifying such deities by originating authors. Some, like the one on Clark Ashton Smith deities, are undoubtedly more notable than the Carter article. Could probably all be folded into the main Cthulhu deities article, though. BPK (talk) 14:17, 18 June 2020 (UTC))[reply]
- I have no objections if someone wants to merge stuff, but I don't see anything worht merging. It's fun, but pretty much unreferenced plot that should be on wikia/fandom, not here. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:15, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As stated by the nom, this is essentially a "List of deities in Lin Carter's works", which fails WP:LISTN. It also looks like these deities are already covered at the main Cthulhu Mythos deities article, making this a needless, and somewhat redundant, WP:FORK. As there is no reliably sourced information here, there is nothing to merge. Rorshacma (talk) 16:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:LISTN as stated above. References are to what appears to be a primary source and a RPG supplement. Nothing that's sourced well enough to merge. Hog Farm (talk) 16:09, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/Hold This list ties into List of Great Old Ones, a higher-ranking topic which is also currently under discussion. I ask to hold off a decision here, until one is reached about the List of Great Old Ones, and treat it as a subtopic of List of Great Old Ones/Cthulhu Mythos deities. Daranios (talk) 10:46, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, it fails LISTN, article is a redundant fork with nothing to merge. No suitable redirect target, I am not sure if it’s a useful redirect anyway. Devonian Wombat (talk) 00:30, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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