Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Nebula

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. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:44, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Nebula

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This is a minor and inconsequential character, with just three or four comic book appearences since being created twenty years ago. "It's a parody of Galactus" is all the out-of-universe information we may ever say about it. There are no secondary sources, and with this context, I seriously doubt they exist for this article Cambalachero (talk) 02:23, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP, about 10 seconds online produced a viable 3rd party citation from a book which talked about how this character moved from series to a parody character. This seems to indicate 3rd party source exist. Mathewignash (talk) 13:42, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

KeepThis artical I will admit, needs sources!!, but it appears to already be start-class in legnth, after its information is verrified it could be expanded further on. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 17:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No significant coverage in reliable secondary sources to presume that the fictional character meets the general notability guideline. All that shows up with a quick search engine test are trivial mentions, nothing that indicates that the character has analytic or evaluative claims made about him in reliable secondary sources. Without reception and significance, the article is a summary-only description of a fictional work, nothing to presume that the fictional character deserves a stand-alone article. Jfgslo (talk) 15:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The sources gven so far merely confirm that the character exists, meaning, it was indeed published at some issues of the Justice League comic book. But existence does not equal notability. We can have articles about things from fiction, but if written from an out-of-universe perspective. And that's precisely the problem: that there is no such information. "Publication history" has only one sentence written under that perspective, it can be halved nto two, but that's as long as it will ever get. We can't talk about a history of creative teams working with the character, visual or narrative changes done over the years, regular publications or big crossovers featuring it as the main character, use in other media; because none of that exist. As I said, "three or four comic book appearences" is all. Expansion is not possible, the only way to expand would be to explain into even higher detail the plot of those issues, which is a big no-no. Cambalachero (talk) 18:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, causa sui (talk) 18:23, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No significant reliable secondary sources coverage asserted in this discussion or found in my search. Off2riorob (talk) 18:04, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rcsprinter (talk) 20:39, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Wikipedia articles are not plot summaries and this article does not have enough coverage in reliable sources to WP:verify notability and provide information on reception and context. Shooterwalker (talk) 04:01, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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