Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meta Probe

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The result was merge to Space: 1999. (non-admin closure) czar · · 23:42, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Meta Probe[edit]

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How trivial is this? A "fictional spacecraft" that appears in "just a few scenes in this pilot episode" of Space: 1999. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:15, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because they too appear in only one or two episodes:

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. czar · · 16:23, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. czar · · 16:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. czar · · 16:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I can't really argue against this nomination, since none of these vehicles is notable in their own right. One thing that the Space: 1999 topic currently lacks, however, is a list of spacecraft (in the style of List of spacecraft from the Space Odyssey series, etc.). If I have time, I'll see about creating one and merging in some of the content from these separate articles. A fair amount of the purely in-universe material could be either dropped entirely or transferred to the relevant episode pages, which are well-sourced. The titles could then be redirected to the list page as a possible alternative to deletion. Super Mario Man 22:35, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge selectively to make a section in Space: 1999. The template for this series suggests that WP has a grossly excessive number of articles on this already. In the past we have had articles on characters in TV series, but these usually get merged back to the article on the series or a single article on the characters. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:22, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 14:37, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge, per SuperMarioMan, into Space: 1999 htom (talk) 01:00, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Purely in-universe perspective. No indication of independent notability. Transcendence (talk) 23:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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