Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prior speculation on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (third nomination)

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 Not delete. Whether this article is to be kept or merged is beyond the scope of this AfD, but the consensus in this AfD is not to delete this article. Deathphoenix ʕ 05:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Prior speculation on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[edit]

Third Time Nomination for deletion. Most of the points have been confirmed/negated by the release of the book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and as such, the article is useless. Bluerain 14:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. -- 9cds^(talk) 14:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There aren't enough useful points in this article for it to be merged into Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. At the most, the following paragraph from 'Known details of content' can be added into the 'Controversies' section of HBP: "On July 12, the correct list of chapter titles with minor typographical errors was posted to alt.fan.harry-potter in message db1dgi0tjb@enews4.newsguy.com which noted it had already appeared on Ain't it Cool News before a cease and desist letter from the book's publishers led to its removal. A close paraphrase of the book's first sentence reached the newsgroup July 13, and key plot events of the book reached the newsgroup July 14, with a link to a webpage with a photograph of a page confirming one of them." Bluerain 15:03, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as now-redundant speculation. (aeropagitica) (talk) 15:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Bluerain. Rain74 16:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete anything from this article that is of encyclopedic interest could easily be merged into the main Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince article. --Dystopos 17:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to book article. I'll never understand those "Delete, but merge some information" votes. It's contradictory. A merge doesn't require that all the content be merged. CanadianCaesar Cæsar is turn’d to hear 20:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- To explain, I would cast a "merge" vote if I thought that the article should remain as a redirect. In this case, I believe the article should be deleted and any pertinent info merged. (In other words, AfD is about articles, not specific content) --Dystopos 22:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Dystopos. Redundant. DarthVad e r 23:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
merge into Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Fabhcún 14:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article describes a fixed time. It is not about the sixth book. It should be viewed as a historical piece. The anticipation of the book release was a global phenomenon well worth covering SmokeyJoe 23:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Kill it dead. Outdated -- and frankly pointless -- speculation. --Calton | Talk 02:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge per SmokeyJoe and Dystopos --Icarus 06:13, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Same reasons as SmokeyJoe -Adzz 10:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as historical context. - CNichols 19:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seems to have historical interest. -- JJay 10:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.