Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magnetic Accelerator Cannon

Magnetic Accelerator Cannon

Also includes:

Plasma Torpedo (Halo)

A cannon that appears in one scene of Halo 2, and torpedoes that only appear in the background. This is a level of detail wholly unsuited to Wikipedia, plus these are unsourced and written from an in-universe perspective.

If these are deleted, Category:Halo space weapons can also be deleted. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 00:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Combination 00:54, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. I'm not too familiar with details of the Halo series (what can I say, I live under a rock), but if the subject is as non-notable as the author states then there's certainly no need for an article to go into such detail. -- H·G (^words/_works) 01:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both, per nom. --ColourBurst 03:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Both - These two Halo weapons are mainly in the books. Yes, they are in every single one of the three books. The MAC system was the climax of one of them. The plasma torpedo is a pivotal weapon in every single book. Perhaps I have not followed WP:WAF. Probably not. I can fix that, in the unlikely event that either of these two articles survive this AfD discussion. I want to know what point of WP:NOT has been violated in either of these two articles. And how can detail be a bad thing?

I will be going on vacation to Delta Halo, no, to a real location on a real vacation, so I am sorry I will not be able to participate in this AfD discussion. So have fun without me.

Cheers, Relentless Rouge 12:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. RandyWang (^raves/_{review me!}) 14:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination --RMHED 15:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The cannons were also talked about in the Halo novels. Also, if this gets deleted, I will immediately nominate it for undeletion.--Kross ^Talk 19:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, delete Plasma Torpedo (Halo). The MAC appears in all the Halo novels and is a fairly important weapon. The other article can go. --Core des at talk. ^_^ 03:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The cannons are very important in the universe even though they only had a short air time in the games. I think that someone who played the first level of Halo 2 and was curious about MACs would come here looking for an article. I would. I think the level of detail is acceptable - it's only two pages or so. As for the in-universe-perspective, we can re-write it to be better. Aside: While Star Wars is more culturally significant, read Lightsaber (57k long) (and Lightsaber users, and Lightsaber combat). Also in-universe, hella long and detailed. I don't think any of the movies talk about construction, or specific forms; that's all expanded universe. Summary: I don't see why it should be deleted when people would gain information from it. Isn't that the point of Wikipedia? --DevastatorIIC 03:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep MAC cannons are a focal point of one of the Halo novels, and it is the UNSC's only superweapon. Kind of like thermonuclear missiles with today's world. ~~I've never heard of the "plasma torpedo" though.~~ Regarding the in-universe perspective: there is no information regarding outside-universe perspective. — [Mac Davis] (talk)
Isn't the lack of out-of-universe information a red flag that it's not a topic for an encyclopedia about the real world? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:51, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge it and all related articles. Remember — don't ruin a person's passion, which can be extensively polished to make them positive editors. Heck, look at my first few edits. Do things in phases. — Deckill e r 04:57, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually, I take that back. This is too much to be salvagable; Delete. Users should explain the technology of halo in a general, encyclopedia Technology of Halo article. Merging just two articles can't really solve anything (unlike starwars-cruft, where it has to be done in phases, not just delete/keep). — Deckill e r 04:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]