Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terror Drome

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The result was merge to Cobra (G.I. Joe)#Bases. This is a selective merge, necessary because there is no mention in the proposed target. (non-admin closure) b uidhe 23:41, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Terror Drome

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Non-notable action figure playset. I'm unsure if Bellomo's "Ultimate Guide" is independent or not, but the rest of the citations are an unreliable fansite, the comics themselves, a primary source "Official Guide", and a fiction novel. A WP:BEFORE search turns up assorted unreliable fansites, sales sites, and user-generated databases. Fails GNG. Hog Farm (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Cobra (G.I. Joe)#Bases per WP:PRESERVE and WP:ATD. BOZ (talk) 22:54, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I don't care about G.I. Joe, but after seeing many of these AfDs...I think the first two refs would count as independent and reliable. Krause, which is now owned by Penguin, published books and magazines devoted to collecting. I'm sure Hasbro aided the authors; I doubt they dictated the content and editing. As for whether two RS are enough, or whether a page in a book is enough (I can't see it), or whether there are other RS "out there," again, don't really care... Caro7200 (talk) 15:06, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would say it depends on whether or not the books were officially licensed books. If they were, I don't think that would make them any more independent than any of the other licensed material that was not published by Hasbro themselves, such as the comics, fictional books, etc. The second one's title makes it sound like they were an "official" book, but its hard to tell from the information on Google books if that was actually the case, or if that's just what the called the book. Though, that seems to be a bit of a moot point in this case, as the content from the book I am able to see is neither substantial nor does it indicate any independent notability. Rorshacma (talk) 16:19, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Light Merge to Cobra (G.I. Joe)#Bases. The few non-fiction books being used as sources are not nearly substantial enough to support an independent article. However, they are probably enough that a mention on the main article on Cobra could be justified. Rorshacma (talk) 16:19, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Clean-up and merge as not notable by itself. There's not substantial enough sources here but some decent writing that could be preserved in a main article. Jontesta (talk) 01:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Cobra article where at least a one sentence of mention in passing could be kept, referenced to said Ultimate Guide, I guess. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:02, 12 June 2020 (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.