Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Potions in Harry Potter

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. - Mailer Diablo 19:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Potions in Harry Potter

The article is a list of potions from the Harry Potter series, and has no out of universe information, no information on how it was developed, and frankly no hope of getting those things. As such, it is just plot regurgitation, and should be deleted and redirected to Magic (Harry Potter). Judgesurreal777 22:55, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

• Let's see. "No out-of-universe information" - frankly, how much out-of universe information can an article about an aspect of a fictional world have? "No information on how it was developed" - obviously, from material in the books; each entry contains information on just about where and when it was used, and this is the source. On the other hand, I am not sure that Wikipedia neeeds a complete list of Harry Potter potions (we are not a Harry Potter encyclopedia), so no vote - but leaning towards keep as the argument for deletion seems to be invalid. - Mike Rosoft 23:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

But if none of that information exists, how does it deserve its own article? Judgesurreal777 23:50, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

• delete - Seems like a "List of Potions in Harry Potter" with a large amount of in-universe content added. This seems perilously close to cruftiness. We are not a Harry Potter encyclopedia per Microsoft, and it's nothing more than plot summary per Judgesurreal777. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 01:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Perfect for a fan-wiki, totally unsuitable for wikipedia. I see no potential to make this real-world-encyclopedic. I'd vote transwiki, but I am sure the HP fan-wikis already have at least similiarly well-formatted potion lists.– sgeureka ^t•c 01:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - fails WP:FICT. I highly doubt sufficient real-world sources could be found to justify this article's existence. However, transwiki if possible, although as Sgeureka stated, they probably have quite detailed articles on them. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 01:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete There is no evidnece of significant converage by reliable seocndary sources - and hence no evidence of notability - I find it very unlikey that the topic will have evr recieved such coverage. This goes angainst WP:FICT and doesn't belong in an encyclopaedia and relevant information could possibly be merged to Magic (Harry Potter).. [[Guest9999 07:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)]]
• In that case, let me suggest to redirect the article to Magic (Harry Potter), and mention some of the potions there, as long as they are a major plot device. (A majority of the potions listed is only given a passing mention in the books, and they don't need to be included in the encyclopedia.) - Mike Rosoft 10:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete fails WP:Plot and WP:WAF. Ridernyc 22:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable. --Mark (Mschel) 03:38, 11 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.