Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fandom Menace

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The result was redirect to Star Wars fandom. Tone 16:37, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Fandom Menace[edit]

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non-notable fan group Praxidicae (talk) 11:40, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Toughpigs (talk) 13:24, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. Toughpigs (talk) 13:24, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably an A7, and I speedied an earlier, even worse version. None of the cited sources are about this specific group; they're just using the obvious pun, and would be suited for Star Wars sequel trilogy#Reception if we didn't already have better sources there. —Cryptic 14:01, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The cited sources are misleading, since with a quick look, they appear to be about the subject. However, as explained by Cryptic above, they are not - they are simply using the same pun to refer to angry/abusive fans, and not talking about the specific group that this article is about. We already have several different articles where explanations of the fandom and the reception to the sequel trilogy are already present, as well, making this redundant as well as unnotable. Rorshacma (talk) 14:57, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or redirect to Star Wars fandom. Looking at the restoring editor's work re-creating this content, it's possible they'll massage some of the phrasing around cited sources in such a way as they might be worth merging to the fandom article and we'd want the revision history. However, the article is misleading in asserting that this is a "group"; it instead seems to be a catch-all pun for various disgruntled fans. As a neologism, Wikipedia frowns on setting up an article on this kind of termphrase. And as an aspect of fandom, this is better addressed at the basic fandom article (and isn't so notable or massive in content/coverage as to warrant a content fork). --EEMIV (talk) 18:56, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or redirect to Star Wars fandom. --Fadesga (talk) 21:06, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per Nom. I already moved it to the draft. DMySon 04:29, 13 July 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.