- 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 delete. –Juliancolton | Talk 00:06, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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These fictional one-timers are only mentioned on 42 websites; absoluteastronomy.com, acronyms.thefreedictionary.com, alanaditescili.net, alternativehealth.co.uk, amazon.co.uk, amplifeyeforums.com, angelfire.com, answers.com, arcanum-alcove.blogspot.com, buscalibros.cl, doryoku.org, en.allexperts.com, everything2.com, fightingrobots.co.uk, forum.idwpublishing.com, forums.sirstevesguide.com, geocities.com, geocities.jp, groups.google.com, tfarchive.com, tfg2.com, tformers.ru, tfw2005.com, tfwiki.net, theindianpress.com, thenoiseboard.com, todocoleccion.net, tplist.millarworld.net, transfans.net, transformerland.com, transformers.net.ru, transformers.whathuh.com, transformers.wikia.com, transformers.wikicomplete.info, uberpedia.org, unicron.us, wapedia.mobi, webkinzinsider.com, wiki.cypee.com, wikien.info:, wikifish.com, and www7a.biglobe.ne.jp which are all either information agglomerators or fansites. One book mentions them, the HCA Comics Dallas Signature Auction Catalog #823. My proposed deletion for non-notability was contested. Resurr Section (talk) 02:03, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. —Emperor (talk) 16:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep They are mentioned at 1060 websites. They apparently were only in three issues of the Transformers comic book. They were notable enough to be mentioned in the book you referenced. Even that passing mention, makes them notable, as I'm sure the many websites talking about them as well. Out of all the characters in the Transformers comic book, the book mentioned them, showing this as an example of someone's artwork. Their story was redone and reprinted in a book also. Transformers Cybertron Redux Dream Focus 16:15, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Good try at deception, but if you switch to the next page of your Google Search your 1060 somehow becomes 100. Also note that being in a book in the Transformers universe (a primary source) does not make anything notable. Resurr Section (talk) 16:35, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- What? I search for something, and Google gives me the option of clicking on result pages 1 to 10. I click on 10. That's what the link was to. If I was going to attempt deception, I would've linked to page one. To make sure the results are valid though, I clicked to 10. Anyway, if you click to include emitted results, it brings the entries to 1,050. My other reasons for keeping it still remain, regardless of how much fan chatter there is about the character, or where it is located at. Dream Focus 20:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- None of the links returned are secondary sources that demonstrate notability for these toothy red balls. The reason I know that is that I checked them all, including the omitted results, so that there would be no chance that I overlooked anything. You, on the other hand, have given us no sources. Why on Earth do you think I listed the 43 sites? To counter Google hit arguments that people would otherwise make. Sadly, it seems that I was wrong, since the argument was made anyway. Resurr Section (talk) 20:28, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- What? I search for something, and Google gives me the option of clicking on result pages 1 to 10. I click on 10. That's what the link was to. If I was going to attempt deception, I would've linked to page one. To make sure the results are valid though, I clicked to 10. Anyway, if you click to include emitted results, it brings the entries to 1,050. My other reasons for keeping it still remain, regardless of how much fan chatter there is about the character, or where it is located at. Dream Focus 20:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Good try at deception, but if you switch to the next page of your Google Search your 1060 somehow becomes 100. Also note that being in a book in the Transformers universe (a primary source) does not make anything notable. Resurr Section (talk) 16:35, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete no reliable sources discuss these fictional creatures in any manner that would justify a separate encyclopedia article about them. In as much as they're notable to the comics series, they'll get a mention in an article on the comics series.Bali ultimate (talk) 20:22, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:10, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per Resurr Section. Much more thorough research than I would have done, some of them are so obviously not reliable sources I wouldcn't have checked. The subject of an article must be notable and the information in the article verifiable or it isn't encyclopedic. Drawn Some (talk) 00:32, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: per R.S. Iowateen (talk) 01:09, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as non-notable, per nominator. Isn't there a list somewhere we can dump this? Mr. Absurd (talk) 02:09, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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