Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arnor

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. Yunshui ^雲 _水 10:13, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Arnor

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This is another example of Tolkiencruft with very little citations, mostly to the Appendices of Lord of the Rings. The kingdom of Arnor has disappeared long before The Hobbit and LOTR take place. The "history" presented here is just a back-story. Some of it seems to be invented by editors, like the "hypothetical Flag of Arnor". A lot of the article is a gazetteer of fictional places, most of which have no fictional importance. Jack Upland (talk) 08:08, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:05, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This article is a mixture of non-notable content and fan fiction. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 12:03, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is not a functioning place during any of Tolkien's fleshed out writings. Even if it was such an indepth article would not be justified. Not every place Tolkien placed a name on is notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:03, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per all of the above. There's still a long way to go: see all the stuff in Category:Middle-earth. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:05, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Soft delete and redirect to Middle-earth as a plausible search term. There's no real way to produce an article about this topic on its own, as pretty much all of the coverage of this topic is either in passing or in primary sources. Redirects are cheap, and somebody would probably type this in, so a redirect would make sense. Delete is also acceptable to me if this is deemed to not be a likely search term. Hog Farm (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as non-notable and part fanfic. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 22:35, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I would support a delete per the WP:GNG, but if we really need a redirect target, History_of_Arda#Second_Age would be appropriate. BenKuykendall (talk) 04:52, 2 January 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.