Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weredragon

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 The Last Dragonlord. If knowledge about the actual use of the terminology in the book is known by readers, then RFD may be an option.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 06:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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The article fails Wikipedia:Notability (fiction). The article is about the type/race/species of the protagonist of the novel The Last Dragonlord, but gives only a basic definition. No information is provided about the characteristics of "weredragons" (as presented in the book) or about other characters who may be such. Moreover, there is a conflict with the article for The Last Dragonlord, according to which the correct name is "dragonlord" rather than "weredragon". Black Falcon 00:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

• Merge This article should be merged into the correct place and if not, then deleted. Tellyaddict 17:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete nn fancruft Soltak | Talk 00:51, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• If the book actually uses the term (can someone check a copy?), then merge and redirect to The Last Dragonlord. If it turns out to be used elesewhere in fiction, we can disambiguate later. If the term turns out not to be used in the novel, delete instead. Serpent's Choice 00:53, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Actually, now that I look at it: the title of the book suggests that the correct name is "dragonlord" and not "weredragon". However, as I am unfamiliar with the novel (and do not possess a copy), I can't say whether the term "weredragon" is used in it. Black Falcon 01:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. Was able to look over a copy of the book. It does indeed use the term, starting as early as page 4. Serpent's Choice 05:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to The Last Dragonlord if that's where this is primarily from. Redirects are cheap. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 00:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect per above. Ganfon 01:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect Not noteable on its own outside of the book.--155.144.251.120 01:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to the book per above. JIP | Talk 10:51, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect per above. Terence Ong 11:09, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and rewrite or Redirect to Shapeshifting without prejudice to future recreation. This article started out as a generic description of weredragons, but has been hijacked to refer to a single example. Google/Amazon shows that weredragons are a well spread, if fairly low-level, concept in fiction. See (eg) this exerpt from the work of MaryJanice Davidson . —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mr Stephen (talk • contribs) 11:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC).
• Redirect to the fiction itself. There is no tradition of lycanthropy to dragon state. Substubs like this tell us nothing. Utgard Loki 15:14, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge, and of course redirect, per above Johnbod 23:10, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect or merge to its correct article like the rest above. It would be better. --Tohru Honda13^{Talk•Sign here} 04:25, 20 January 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.