Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B-wing

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The result was merge to List of Star Wars starfighters. The "keep" opinion does not address the sourcing problems.  Sandstein  12:02, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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This is not a canonical Star Wars vehicle. The article fails to cite any discussion of cultural impact or significance. We have references to primary sources, and merchandise pages. That's about it. There is no denying that X-wing or TIE fighter are very notable, but B-wing is not. Not everything that appears in a movie, game or LEGO set is notable. If you disagree, please cite a source that discusses cultural impact/significance of this, and don't link to the dime a dozen plot summaries or mentions in passing that it appears in a game or a comic book. PS. I recommend a soft deletion, with redirect and selective merge if anyone sees any reascuable content to List of Star Wars starfighters. There's plenty of non-notable -wings there, such as E-wing or V-wing already. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:55, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

• Delete - per Piotrus. No evidence of the B-wing's cultural impact or significance. Cjhard (talk) 08:31, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

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• Merge to List of Star Wars starfighters per WP:ATD-M, and my inability to find any RS'es. What I DID see is that most of the shots featuring these models were cut from RotJ, so the nom's comment that these are non-canonical is not quite correct, even though they are prominently featured in the extended universe. (Although, as an aside, "canon" has very little relevance to Wikipedia: something is either covered in RS, or it's not) Jclemens (talk) 02:53, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
  • Indeed, I misused the word canonical. I meant, not well-known/classic. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:20, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
• Merge. Per Jclemens. /Julle (talk) 13:14, 25 June 2017 (UTC) Missed signature added by Julle (talk) at 00:59, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
• Keep, this clearly satisfies the first pillar of Wikipedia which states that it should include content from specialized encyclopedias. Starspotter (talk) 11:54, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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