Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Octane (Transformers) (2nd nomination)

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. With respect to the sole keep argument, "appears in a number of works of fiction" is not a notability criterium. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:11, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable fictional character TTN (talk) 14:39, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 14:39, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 14:39, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep he was notable in the Headmasters series. Davidgoodheart (talk) 07:20, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Davidgoodheart: Please elaborate? WP:ITSNOTABLE is not a valid argument. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:52, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Piotr Konieczny: He made regular appearances in the Headmasters transformers series, and also appeared in the original transformers comics, so I would consider him to be a recognizable character. Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:44, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fails WP:NFICTION/WP:NPRODUCT, and has a good article on Transfomers wikia https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane anyway, we are doing a disservice splitting readers attention between two sites.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:52, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • By that logic Wikipedia shouldn't have any articles about Transformers at all, because it detracts from the attention TFWiki gets. JIP | Talk 12:12, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Whether he is recognizable means nothing if he is not provably notable. I would say merge, but there is nothing here to merge from secondary sources, only cruft._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:11, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete or merge (i.e., if not merged somewhere, delete), per the above, and noting that every claim of substance about the character remains unsourced in the article. bd2412 T 04:30, 21 October 2019 (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.