Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crayak

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 Animorphs. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Crayak[edit]

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This does not establish notability independent of Animorphs through the inclusion of real world information from reliable, third party sources. Most of the information is made up of plot details better suited to Wikia. There is no current assertion for future improvement of the article, so extended coverage is unnecessary. TTN (talk) 19:53, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

While I am not the original nominator, I'd like to also add, as part of this deletion discussion (for the same reason):

All of the above are also "Secondary characters" in the Animorphs series, and all of them suffer the same lack of reliable third party coverage, and thus lack of notablity, that Crayak does. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:16, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete all per above. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:16, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:18, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:18, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:45, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:45, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of Animorphs characters. There are many more characters than this. They don't justify standalone articles but can be organized into a single article. Preserve rather than delete. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 20:20, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- There are actually a half dozen lists of Animorphs characters. They're all terrible (and need to be merged). Merging might be an option for these, yes, but there's very little in each article worth merging. Most of it is cruft. Sven Manguard Wha? 20:47, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge all into List of Animorps characters or delete all. Either is acceptable. If someone wants to create a list, that would be the preferable outcome, but I don't think anyone is obligated to do so (and WP:ATD does not mandate such an action). NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:11, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee // have a cup // essay // 18:21, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect all into Animorphs. Except for Edriss 562, all these characters are already in lists in the main Animorphs article, so it would just be a matter of merging short summaries there, no new article needed. If the lists grows too big, then it can be broken out into a separate List of Animorphs characters. In any case, while these characters may not be notable (I've not found any in depth secondary sources for Crayak), they are verifiable and per WP:PRESERVE, preserving verifiable information is preferred to deletion. These names are reasonable search terms, so redirects are warranted, too. --Mark viking (talk) 04:29, 20 November 2013 (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.