Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fan-mode

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 delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:15, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fan-mode

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A Transformers-specific neologism. "Sourced" to fansites. No indication (or likelihood, really) of notability, and thus, no place on Wikipedia. Delete. NotARealWord (talk) 12:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. While I recognise this term exists in the fan community, it isn't used anywhere else, which makes it non-notable. The article is very short and vague and provides only few sources. JIP | Talk 15:32, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable outside the TF fandom. --Khajidha (talk) 19:15, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It's actually not a Transformers specific term, it's a common term. Mathewignash (talk) 19:34, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary of neologisms. Plus just because this stuff has "entire web pages devoted to it" doesn't mean it's notable. NotARealWord (talk) 19:49, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Mathewignash once again fails to show any independent information to support his assertion it used in the real world.Dwanyewest (talk) 20:18, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Non-notable TF-specific neologism. This isn't TFWiki. --Divebomb (talk) 12:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, as of this writing, there doesn't seem to be a fan-mode article on TFWiki. NotARealWord (talk) 12:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's not Wikipedia's problem, it's ours. --Divebomb (talk) 13:00, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If by "ours" you mean TFWiki editors, it wouldn't be the first time a non-obscure (to the fandom) topic is neglected it's own article. They didn't have an article on multiverse until after I (of all people) brought that up. NotARealWord (talk) 13:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Then what the hell are we waiting for? --Divebomb (talk) 13:17, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I can't see anyone outside the Transformers (GoBots, RoBoTruks, or whatever else) communities wanting to look this up, and there doesn't seem to be any general coverage of the topic shown. Possibly a brief entry on Wiktionary would be all that's needed (if they are agreeable) from THIS community. I would recommend someone to put it up on tfwiki or whatever GoBots use (sorry, I invented RoBoTruks...). Peridon (talk) 15:27, 29 September 2010 (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.