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The result was merge to Forbidden Planet. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:50, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Altair IV (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

The article subject lacks notability. The subject matter exists as a backdrop to a film, no more notability is given than that. The article content appears to be a mixture of original research and plot reiteration Alastairward (talk) 22:27, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: already covered in sufficient detail in Forbidden Planet, nothing more to be said as the subject is fictional. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Id delete it, per nom. Nothing worth keeping that isn't already in the main film article. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 02:59, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:00, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:00, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Forbidden Planet; apathetic as to whether underlying article is deleted (but be sure to di the non-free image if it isn't used elsewhere. --EEMIV (talk) 03:02, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and then set redirect to Forbidden Planet. While I agree that a seperate article is perhaps not really neccessary, I believe the current minimal coverage of "Altair IV" in the Forbidden Planet article would benefit from itself being expanded... as the current coverage there is a bit sparse and a merging some of this article would then improve the parent. Even can be nicely sourced: [1], [2], [3]. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 07:03, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect as above. Cheers, Jack Merridew 04:21, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• merge as usual just as Jack agrees. We don't all that often agree on these sort of topics, but this is really the obvious way to handle it. DGG (talk) 06:22, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• merge per all of the above. Artw (talk) 17:06, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect, as others have said. If we get to the point where there's an actual Altair IV to discuss then we can start an article about the real planet, with a hatnote to the film. htom (talk) 18:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Forbidden Planet and add any real-world context about the planet there. In-universe information about the planet should already be conveyed in the film article's plot summary. —Erik (talk • contrib) 18:37, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Remove Non-related Sections. I've been a major contributor to the Article. I agree that there was too much of the storyline referenced. However, if, SECTIONS NOT RELATED to the fictional planet description (other than the very basic storyline) are DELETED, I believe the Article will be able to stand on its own, being more to the point and clearer regarding this popularly known fictional planet.(Those sections have been removed) PFSLAKES1 (talk) 22:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge This is not notable independently of forbidden planet and there are absolutely no space constraints in that article at present, it can easily take all of this information. Therefore a separate article makes no sense whatsoever. Polargeo (talk) 20:17, 17 July 2009 (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.