Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Butterbeer

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 of the debate was Merge to Wizarding world. Deathphoenix ʕ 15:10, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Butterbeer[edit]

A fictional beverage. I doubt this would be notable were it real. This shouldn't inherit notability because it is from Harry Potter. Brian G. Crawford 06:26, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. After pumpkin juice, this is probably the most mentioned beverage in the extremely major Harry Potter series and comes back in a number of books. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:39, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- And you'll notice we don't have an article about that either. Delete. -- stubblyhead | ^T/_c 16:35, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - The fact that there isn't an article on something (unless there was one that was deleted, which doesn't seem to be the case here) should never, ever be used to argue for the deletion of another article. --Cheapestcostavoider 02:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where it was introduced. Kimchi.sg 08:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, an important part of a very notable book series. Articles shouldn't be nominated for deletion just because they're about fiction. JIP | Talk 09:14, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- I love the idea that "the second most mentioned beverage in a book" makes something notable. It'd be funny if it wasn't so stupid. I wonder what the second most mentioned beverage in "Les Miserables" is... -- GWO
- There is no need to resort to an insult to drive your point across. Be civil, please. Kimchi.sg 13:02, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - I didn't insult anyone. I said that an idea was stupid. Which it is. -- GWO
  - Come on, that was hilarious. Fagstein 20:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The first paragraph isn't really notable, and the last 2 are only barely related to the subject, and look like OR. Kevin 11:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Harry Potter related article. I do find it amusing that the *second-most mentioned* beverage has a page but the first-most doesn't.~~ Brother William 13:13, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- That is because pumpkin juice is non-alcoholic. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:20, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Azkaban per Kimchi. That's where it came from, that's where it should stay. RasputinAXP c 13:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Kimchi or transwiki to WikiPotteria. ScottW 13:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, Aguerriero's suggestion makes more sense. Merge with List of fictional beverages. ScottW 19:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep though if it is to be merged it should not be the Azkaban article since the beverage is not exclusive to that book. -- Malber (talk · contribs) 17:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with List of fictional beverages. Aguerriero (ţ) (ć) (ë) 18:11, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The Azkaban merge doesn't make too much sense since it's been in most (every?) book since then. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:16, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and keep as a redirect (perhaps to Harry Potter which is supposed to be about the series as a whole). Шизомби 21:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with List of fictional beverages. Normally I would say keep due to the size of the article, but two-thirds of the article is original research (speculation on alcohol content and origins of name). --Joelmills 01:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with List of fictional beverages. Grand master ka 04:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to an appropriate page. I can see this page getting re-created in the future with real information. At present it's a list of unconnected facts about brewing with not enough information to justify its own page. -- cmh 15:22, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yadda yadda merge. Fagstein 20:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to fictional beverages.--ragesoss 23:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep please a important part of notable book series Yuckfoo 18:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I don't think I understand the "merge" votes. Why can't it be on the list and have its own article? Several entries on that page already do. And that's really not "merging" anything but the name, anyway. --Cheapestcostavoider 01:55, 17 May 2006 (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.