Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tahngarth

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 of the debate was keep/merge. → Ξxtreme Unction {^yakł_blah} 02:11, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tahngarth

A character from the wondrous mystical realm of Magic: The Gathering. The total extent of fictional works featuring this character is a few paperback novels in which he plays a supporting role (Amazon.com sales rank for a typical entry: 288,507) and maybe two dozen game cards with him in the picture (out of 7,500+ cards that have ever been published). Andrew Levine 00:59, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination. If they are for whatever reason kept, I would support merging Tahngarth, Urza, Gix etc. into Characters from the Weatherlight Saga or something like that. Andrew Levine 03:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Urza shoud remain seperate, as he is the main character for most of the Dominaria-based cardsets and backstories. But that is not the debate here. Create and Merge To a list of minor M:TG characters. Saberwyn 11:13, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, fictional character appearing in multiple novels and on multiple game cards. Kappa 02:53, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  • The novels are non-notable (see Amazon sales rank, as it's a pretty good notability criteria, at least for in-print books) and if created would surely be redirected to their respective sets. A single supporting character from them is even less notable. Andrew Levine 03:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge all characters from Magic into a single article. Dunno what that article should be named (Magic: The Gathering characters would probably be good enough)... -- Grev 05:55, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge The above sounds like a good idea to me. Banes 09:08, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete: Merge wouldn't be evil, but it is the corporate interest of card game makers to get as much "synergy" as they can by having the novel, the card, the TV show, the film, the comic book, and the action figure going and to multiply these as rapidly as possible (possible = times kids get allowance). This is a bit player in every respect, and the character is known and referred to only within the context of players/watchers/sufferers of that game/book/phenomenon. There is no need to explain these minor characters to a curious world, as the world is not curious, having never heard of them. Geogre 11:46, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge as per Grev Stifle 15:47, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep merge all MTG characters? You must be crazy. They are more notable than your average elementary school would ever be!  Grue  19:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep pending a merge into a list of MTG characters. Klonimus 01:48, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge all MTG character stubs into an article on Magic: The Gathering characters. -Sean Curtin 02:01, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect, as above. MCB 05:42, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep The article does need a lot of work, and so do many other MTG articles, but I don't think it needs to be deleted/merged. Tahngarth 6:32, 29 November 2005 (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.