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 keep. No consensus regarding to keep as a seperate article or merge, but the deletion tool is clearly not called for here. Further discussion on the article's talk page. Courcelles 00:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Article is completely unreferenced. It is written in an entirely in-universe manner, and I can't find much real-world coverage of this character in secondary sources independent of the subject. These problems have existed for several years, and I don't see much hope that they can ever be resolved. The Wordsmith^Communicate 00:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep. Also a significant, if secondary, recurring character. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• merge and rename merge to one of the Star Trek character lists, rename the history to Nog (Star Trek), redirect to the disambiguation page NOG -- 184.144.163.241 (talk) 06:01, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. A recurring character, perhaps the third-most famous Ferengi (after his uncle Quark and father Rom). JIP | Talk 06:53, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename Significant coverage that is beyond a character list. Fictional character descriptions typically are very in-universe However the IP address does make a valid point that the DAB page would be a be a better holder of this namespace slot. Hasteur (talk) 18:22, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename to Nog (Star Trek), redirect Nog to disambiguation page as suggested above (I have edited the latter accordingly). (If deletion was on the cards, merge instead to List of recurring characters in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.) - Fayenatic (talk) 23:09, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge content to List of recurring characters in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character plays an important role in the series despite the label of recurring character.1 2 Sufficiently so to merit an independent article if fully developed, however as there has been little editorial interest in pursuing the potential it would be best placed in the above list for the time being.  Jørdan  16:02, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment the above statements indicate that the character is a significant character in the series. This is true, he is one of the more significant recurring characters in this series, but the secondary sources simply do not exist to write an encyclopaedic article on this topic. The article simply can not meet WP:N or WP:V. The above "keep" statements, not being based in any sort of policy or guideline, should be weighted accordingly. The Wordsmith^Communicate 18:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List_of_Star_Trek_characters:_N-S#N - No appropriately cited content worth merging. --EEMIV (talk) 20:16, 8 January 2011 (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.