Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slug Club

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 Redirect to Horace_Slughorn#Slug_Club. (Nothing substantial to merge, as most of the information is already in that article, other than the minor characters.) Walton^One 15:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slug Club

The article has no references, no out of universe information of any kind. As such, it is just a repetition of plot information from, primarily, the 6th Harry Potter book. As that book already has an article which covers its plot, and there are various "minor character" lists the characters could be in, this article can be safely deleted. Judgesurreal777 20:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This article is not notable for inclusion in its current state. However, it is likely that people may go to this article looking for information on it. It should be redirected. Captain panda 21:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • I could go with that. Judgesurreal777 21:30, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to HP6 i ^said 22:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Horace Slughorn as it is related more to his character than the book as a whole. It is an example of his networking and some of the stuff about its minor members could be toned down. Capitalistroadster 01:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete then Redirect to Horace Slughorn. SolidPlaid 01:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Question: Umm - do you perhaps mean "Blank" (the material) then Redirect (in other words, just Redirect)? If the article is "deleted" then it is "gone" and cannot contain the redir code (#REDIRECT Horace Slughorn) or whatever might be chosen. --T-dot ( ^Talk/contribs ) 01:56, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Answer - By deleting, the edit history and former incarnations are gone from Wikipedia's servers. Then the article is recreated as a redirect, so that it takes up less space, and cannot be reverted by an editor who doesn't agree with the consensus. SolidPlaid 00:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to Horace Slughorn. HP6 is far too broad and general to contain relatively detailed plot elements, so if the Slug Club material gets merged there it will likely evaporate into trivia or drown under the waves of notable plot elements. It is reasonable to expect someone could be seeking wikipedia-information on the Slug Club - especially if God forbid local chapters start popping up in schools around the world. If the wiki-browser gets abruptly sent off to HP6, well that is a lot of reading to work through. The Horace Slughorn article is far more appropriate and capable of being a proper placeholder for the material on his club, and where it can be properly discussed and improved upon. The Slug Club as a general topic for discussion is mildly notable as perhaps "stereotypical" of boarding-school clubs led by an instructor and including certain favored or talented select students - or perhaps somewhat in the vein of the "club" of poetry students in Dead Poets Society. Anyway deletion is not the answer, stranding the information-seeker with no footing on which to obtain the desired knowledge. --T-dot ( ^Talk/contribs ) 01:43, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge to Horace Slughorn per Capitalistroadster. Wl219 01:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Horace Slughorn. His article already mentions it so there's no need to merge. It's a fairly unimportant detail which doesn't require in-depth explanation. faithless (^speak) 03:15, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge whatever's needed to Horace Slughorn. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 17:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - The article already appears to be redirected to Horace Slughorn#Slug Club, more or less per the current consensus. If no objection - ready to close? --T-dot ( ^Talk/contribs ) 18:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Since the AfD is still open, I reverted it. But I agree it should be redirected, the sooner the better. faithless (^speak) 20:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:FICT. Moreover, it's basically a plot fork. Axem Titanium 04:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into HP6 plot summary, not to Slughorn. Chandlertalk 05:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or redirect to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (if someone wants to later recover information in the editorial process). But although I read all HP books with great interest, I don't even remember this club anymore at all, so this article fails IMO both in-universe and real-world notability and doesn't need to exist at all. – sgeureka ^t•c 14:36, 13 September 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.