Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nova Prime

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 redirect to Nova Corps. There is consensus that this article should be deleted but some disagreement of how to handle the then free article title. Consensus is somewhat more in favor of redirecting it to Nova Corps. Since there are only two possible targets as of now (since the software Josh Milburn mentions has no article), a hat not at Nova Corps can redirect those who came looking for the Transformers character. So Why 13:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nova Prime[edit]

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This does not establish notability. TTN (talk) 23:39, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 23:39, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or merge with List of Primes and Matrix holders. Article is almost entirely fancruft that talks about Optimus Prime far more than the article subject itself. No viable third-party sources, just comic books and other niche publications. sixtynine ^{• speak up •} 00:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Nova Corps. Jclemens (talk) 02:43, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Nova Corps. The character is not notable enough, nor has the reliable sources needed, to maintain its own article. And since "Nova Prime" isn't even his original name, a redirect to the Nova Corps seems a lot more useful. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 18:46, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Transformers or List of Primes and Matrix holders. Oppose redirect to Nova Corps. Beemer69 and Jclemens the article is not about the ~~planet~~ [edit: character] from Guardians of the Galaxy. It's about a character from the Transformer franchise. If anything, the page needs to be a disambiguation page to separate the Nova Prime from the two franchises. Mkdw ^talk 05:37, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Removed. I don't even remember why I put that in there, and yes, I know the subject is Transformers related. sixtynine ^{• speak up •} 05:49, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I stand by the redirect I proposed: Nova Prime is the title of the character Glenn Close played in Guardians of the Galaxy (film), and definitely is more important than an obscure transformers reference--as I understand it, this isn't a particularly important 'prime' in the transformers universe. Jclemens (talk) 08:02, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What about my suggestion for it to be a disambiguation page to differentiate between the usage in both franchises? Mkdw ^talk 16:34, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree with Jclemens reasoning of why Nova Corps is the better redirect target. I'd be opposed to a dab page, simply because this particular character is not only extremely minor, but as I mentioned, "Nova Prime" is not even his name in most media. Most of the time the character has been called "Prime Nova", "Nova Major", "Nemesis Prime", etc. Even in the most prominent usage of the actual name "Nova Prime", he was merely an alternate version of Optimus Prime. So, a dab, just to distinguish a super minor character that doesn't even use the name 90 percent of the time from a much more prominent character seems kind of pointless. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 17:22, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can you demonstrate they're the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC over the other? They both seem obscure references to me. An image WP:SET reveals significantly more images of the transformers character than that of the Guardians of the Galaxy character on page one. Website search is less definitive in either case because of the number of wikis. Mkdw ^talk 17:42, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 03:38, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:40, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This is tricky. The Transformers article needs to go. I think I would support a redirect to ~~Nova Prime~~ Nova Corps or Nova (Richard Rider), seeing as these appear to be notable. I would not be completely opposed to a disambiguation page, but I would be opposed to keeping the article as-is or redirecting the present article to another (likely awful) Transformers article. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:58, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Nova Prime also seems to be the name of some specialist-but-possibly-notable software. That may be the topic that really belongs at this title; perhaps a dab page is the best option for now. Josh Milburn (talk) 23:00, 28 January 2017 (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.