Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manta Force

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The result was keep. J04n(talk page) 23:33, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Manta Force

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A non-notable toy line. There is in fact a little bit of coverage: they're mentioned [books.google.com/books?id=ZxVTzYQjXlIC&pg=PA56 here], but that's about it, besides the usual fan sites. Drmies (talk) 04:35, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What are the criteria for notability? This was a pre-internet toyline so obviously there wouldn't be many online sources. but it did have several books and at least two different comics, as well as a quite large store presence for several years. It certainly wasn't obscure at the time, but is now. Blueshift2k5 (talk) 20:04, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:01, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I copied this article to Wikialpha as a backup in case it gets deleted here. Enjoy! Mathewignash (talk) 19:08, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - New Scientist provides some substantial coverage. I suspect there's more offline sources given that this toy line flourished before the advent of the internet. -- Whpq (talk) 21:48, 25 February 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, Mediran (t • c) 08:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The New Scientist tells us that this was Toy of the Year and so the product is clearly notable. I'm especially liking the name of the villain — Major Vex... Warden (talk) 12:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep There's also some (slightly strange) coverage in Al Alvarez's Risky Business[1]. A merge to maker Bluebird Plc probably wouldn't hurt, though. --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:11, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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