Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heatwave (Transformers)

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. -- Cirt (talk) 16:50, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heatwave (Transformers)

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Non-notable fictional character. Rather obscure due to being a fan club character. Delete. NotARealWord (talk) 16:53, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Obscure character no effort to provide reliable sources Delete.Dwanyewest (talk) 17:16, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Horribly minor character. J Milburn (talk) 17:18, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Zero notability. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 20:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Notable character article that just needs work. At the rate these deletionists are nominating articles, how can they expect work to be done on them! Keep and start nominating them at a sane pace. Mathewignash (talk) 21:07, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- If you believe it's notable, provide some evidence. If you want to work on the article later, it can be restored to your userspace. J Milburn (talk) 21:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Heatwave was a fan club character. Considering the nature of the fan club, I don't think he counts as notable nor was he actually intended to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NotARealWord (talk • contribs) 12:20, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No real-world notability asserted for a fictional character. Tarc (talk) 02:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- obscure and non-notable even by minor Transformers characters standards. And, Mathew, it is a bit rich to complain that these articles are being nominated en masse when for two years you've made a point of ignoring anyone who tells you that the articles have serious issues. Reyk _YO! 07:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I remember at the time this was released there actually ended up being some news coverage because of a mistake Hasbro made in naming the combined form that Heatwave was the last part of. They called it "Nexus Maximus", and that ended up being the name of a sexual aid. I remember several non-Transformers news sites covering this. Anyone know of any articles on this? Mathewignash (talk) 16:42, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - If the sites where reporting the name issue, wouldn't that be more appropriate in an article for Nexus? If it's just about the name, then I'm not sure if those reports can make either notable, maybe they'd make Heatwave's instruction sheet notable? (considernig that "Nexus Maximus" was from that instruction sheet). NotARealWord (talk) 16:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - No, it's relivant to this toy because Nexus Prime is made with Heatwave, and the instructions for Nexus Prime are in the Heatwave package. So it's where it happened. Mathewignash (talk) 21:09, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - A news item reporting a goof on a toy's instruction sheet might not establish notability for the character the toy represents. Plus, there's not really enough stuff for a whole article without resorting to overly-detailed plot summarization. He appeared (as an individual) in one panel in the 2008 convention comic, one website strip and 5 parts of "Reunification. Considering that "Reunification" was about 36 pages in total and only released to fan club subscribers (as a serial in the magazine), I don't think he actually deserves an article. Heatwave is obscure. NotARealWord (talk) 23:02, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete concur with the previous delete comments. (and yes, a news story about a minor name screw up wouldn't justify a stand alone article all about a non-notable fictional character -- nevermind that it isn't clear if such an article exists).Bali ultimate (talk) 18:52, 11 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.