Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sea of Claws

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 merge to Warhammer Fantasy (setting). v/r - T P 14:11, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sea of Claws

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I'm hereby nominating this article for deletion because IMHO the subject is all but irrelevant for the average reader. The article describes a fictional sea of a fictional continent of a fictional world. I believe that this is a rather simple case of WP:GAMEGUIDE. I urge you to look closely at the article's history: a simple (7 day [1]) deletion request was done already. However it was not carried out because a well-meaning user was of the opinion that the contents should be merged into another article instead. To be honest, I'm not very surprised that no merge was carried out at all. Such minor articles have a way of slipping through the cracks of the system. Flamarande (talk) 01:27, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:08, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No evidence of notability. Only reference is to a work of fiction. My independent searches have not established any suitable references (although plenty of blogs and forums). In my opinion the topic is so trivial that it should not even be merged - this would not be appropriate content even on one of the main Warhammer articles. - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:39, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge onto an appropriate Warhammer page. Not notable enough for its own page, though it would make sense to keep the content as a section on a larger page. Ajraddatz (Talk) 03:17, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Warhammer Fantasy (setting). Not notable enough for its own article; could perhaps be mentioned as part of the larger game universe. Yunshui (talk) 08:00, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge The article itself claims the area 'Sea of Claws' as a minor area in the Warhammer fictional world. Instead, this article should be merged either with the main Warhammer page, or another appropiate Warhammer page, so the information for those who seek it is still present, but in a place where there is a greater concentration of this information, rather than have it spread out as minor, short articles. (Kathmaur 19:21, 13 October (UTC)
- Reply - Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not an indiscriminate collection of information. How does this information about the Sea of Claws contribute to an encyclopaedic understanding of Warhammer or any other topic? - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:58, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Totally agree with DustFromWords. This article is extremely specialized, too specialized to be truly useful. Its contents are simply useless for the articles Warhammer Fantasy (setting) and Races and nations of Warhammer Fantasy. Please, just read these two article and then ask yourselves: "Are the contents of 'Sea of Claws' suitable for any of these two articles?" IMHO the clear answer is: "No, they are simply unsuitable." Flamarande (talk) 11:31, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: The fictional sea does not meet the the general notability guideline and the article can only be a a plot-only description of a fictional work, unsuitable for Wikipedia. As nothing is referenced, I do not believe that a merge is warranted and I do not think it is a plausible search term for a redirect. Jfgslo (talk) 06:12, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Warhammer Fantasy (setting) - IIRC, deleting a redirect actually takes up slightly more server space than keeping it (!), so as there is a reasonable redirect location, it should be redirected to that. (Also, perhaps transwiki to the appropriate Wikia first?) - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:51, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree with transwiki link to Wikia. Only a very small percent Wikia wikis actually have accurate, well sourced information on them. Wikia's Warhammer wiki is definitely not one of those. Ajraddatz (Talk) 13:27, 20 October 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.