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The result was redirect to Alien (franchise). not really possible to merge unsourced OR but the redirect is obvious Spartaz ^Humbug! 11:14, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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This is a fictional company with no real-world significance. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 05:54, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Delete, and redirect the title to Alien (franchise). The article is pretty much all plot summary and some OR. What little real-world content there is as far as the creation of the fictional company is already covered in Alien (film). That said, the company is a central and recurring element of the franchise & the real-world content could be merged to the franchise article. I marked it for such a merge back in March 2008 but nothing ever came of it. Now seems like the time. --IllaZilla (talk) 06:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  After considering Reyk's comments below, particularly the fact that all the contents are unsourced, I've changed my !vote. We really shouldn't merge unsourced content, and there's no need to retain the history of something that's 90% plot summary & 100% unsourced. The fictional corporation's role in the plots of the films is already well-covered in the plot summaries within the individual film articles. --IllaZilla (talk) 11:08, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to the franchise article, significant plot points in universe. 65.94.45.209 (talk) 06:39, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge - but there's gonna be a lot of redirects to fix. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:27, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:55, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:55, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:55, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per above, but the bigger question is "Why is this at AfD?" since there appears to have been a perfectly valid merge tag already existing on the article. Jclemens (talk) 23:07, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete- After considering a merge with Alien (franchise) and with the articles on the individual films, I have come to the conclusion that it would be inappropriate. Firstly, there is not a single source in Weyland-Yutani, and it is never a good idea to deal with unsourced original research by shovelling it into other articles. Alien (franchise) would be a bad place to put this content because that article currently, and very properly, focuses on the real-world impact of the film franchise. Dumping stuff about a fictional element into that article would be incongruous to say the least. Considering the individual film articles, I note that Alien (film) already contains much of the content of Weyland-Yutani- properly sourced. Aliens (film) and Alien 3 already contain much of the plotcrufty material of Weyland-Yutani. So there is no call for a merge; of the obvious merge targets, one would be made worse by including that content and the others already have all they need. Really, I wish people would actually read the articles involved before calling for a merge. Merge is not a soft cop-out option for people who have to admit an article is unsuitable but can't bring themselves to type the dreaded D word. Reyk _YO! 04:33, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge Given there are a number of other Alien (franchise /universe/character related articles, I don't see how there is a cause for deletion. I'd suggest the creation of an article dealing with the Alien fictional universe and its concepts, where subjects like this could be placed together.Punkrocker1991 (talk) 10:19, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Alien (franchise). The content is unsourced and should not be merged per WP:V. A redirect allows a merger to take place later from the history when third-party sources are added.  Sandstein  06:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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