Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Star Wars live-action TV series (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Star Wars#In other media. (non-admin closure) ––Davey2010^Talk 22:40, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars live-action TV series

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After three years since the previous discussion ended with no consensus, it's time to renominate this article, which absolutely fails WP:CRYSTAL. It's an article about a proposed television series, which hasn't entered PRE-production and may not ever exist. Since the series was proposed in 2005, everything related to Star Wars has changed – new movies, new series' ownership – and nothing left in this article is verified or accurate.

Rumors and past discussed plans in interviews are not enough to merit notability. The entire article is based on interviews with Lucas and McCallum, who aren't involved anymore! An article should be (re-)created only when an actual series enters production (like the Untitled 2017 Star Trek TV series article). This information is worth a mention at best in the main Star Wars franchise article. -- Wikipedical (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Dark Cocoa Frosting (talk) 21:35, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Dark Cocoa Frosting (talk) 21:38, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No indication that the show has started production. Or has been ordered. Or even a pilot. Or a pilot order. The current contents is a mix of interviews and rumors, and no studio or production company press releases, and does not warrant a TV series article.–Dark Cocoa Frosting (talk) 21:53, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge, with judicious pruning, to Star Wars (e.g. to Star Wars#In other media) following the same precedent for Star Wars#Untitled Han Solo Anthology film and Star Wars#Untitled Boba Fett Anthology film. I think WP:NFF rationale should apply to television series. A compromise could have a well-developed draft in development (using sources beyond routine news blurbs, i.e long-form journalism or reviews of the news bites), see for example Gambit (2016 film). In any case, statements like "The series is to..." or "It will feature..." should be obliterated as outdated, and even stating "so and so said in 2012 that he hoped it would be..." even if verifiable, is trivial, and would eventually be rendered moot by what the series will be, whenever there actually is one. --Animalparty! (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per AnimalParty; this should not have an article created until the series is confirmed for air on a network's television schedule, and under its actual title, not a spec heading. Nate • (chatter) 10:01, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge, as per arguments above. I'm convinced a Star Wars TV series is inevitable, but it's still probably a few years off, and it shouldn't have its own article until it's actually in production. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:11, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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