Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faerûn

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 Keep --JForget 01:56, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Faerûn

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Tagged as lacking notability for a month. Primarily in-universe article that has no notability on its own. Collectonian 02:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

• Strong keep. Perfectly valid subarticle of Forgotten Realms. Powers ^T 03:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep. This has to be the third most notable Forgotten Realms article, right after "Forgotten Realms" and "Drizzt Do'Urden."--Neverpitch 03:37, 14 November 2007 (UTC) — Neverpitch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Merge: Somewhere, and delete (or redirect) the article. It really isn't notable outside the game view, so it should be incorporated in one of those articles. - Rjd0060 04:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
  • "Attack removed"--Neverpitch 04:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC) — Neverpitch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

That isn't a nice thing to say to somebody who disagrees with you. Its also a personal attack, which clearly demonstrates your understanding of policy here. - Rjd0060 05:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I understand policy all right; I'm just not a mindless conformist.--Neverpitch 06:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC) — Neverpitch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Please note that I do not condone the striking out of my comments. If you find them striken out, know that it was not my doing, and that I continue to stand by them.--Neverpitch 06:53, 14 November 2007 (UTC) — Neverpitch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Personal attacks don't do our position on this AfD any favors. Powers ^T 12:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

• Keep as a pretty high-level concept in a widely noted, longstanding cultural interest. I'm well aware that "but other stuff exists" is on the list of no-no arguments, but I really can think of dozens of articles less important than this one. How many books have to be published in a setting, spanning how many years, before it becomes noteworthy? Given the wide array of source material, I have little doubt this article can be maintained and upkept. That said, Northwest Faerûn might be a bit much. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:35, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep most notable gaming universe setting MLA 10:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep This is probably the single most famous Dungeons & Dragons world. Hundreds of novels and books, by many notable authors, have been written about it. It is widely-acknowledged among those who follow fantasy fiction as one of the largest, in terms of pages of source material, fictional worlds ever created. —Lowellian (reply) 10:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep, article needs improvement, not deletion. VivioFateFan ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 11:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, notable. There are enough sources out there for this one, someone just needs to take the time and add them to the article. No reason for deletion. User:Krator (t c) 13:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, per all other keep votes. BOZ 15:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The setting for approximately a gazillion notable novels and video games, and probably the best-known area in the whole gigantic D&D universe. Pinball22 15:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - possibly the most written about fictional universe in existence, or at least in the top three. Ben W Bell talk 22:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - and snowball close; there is no chance of this topic getting deleted with the current sampling. Article needs cleanup and better sourcing, but it's hugely notable; no problems for which there aren't remedies. ◄Zahakiel► 04:41, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - The length of time something has been tagged for notability has no relevance to whether or not it should be deleted. Wikipedia isn't working under a deadline. In-universe content can be fixed, so this isn't a valid reason for deletion either. While I understand that notability isn't inherited, breaking subtopics of articles about notable subjects into their own articles is often useful. Rray 06:02, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - per all above. The article needs to be improved. Web Warlock 13:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Game-related-related deletions. —Powers ^T 13:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

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.