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The result was redirect to Martian (The War of the Worlds). Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 17:13, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Appears to be a largely non-notable and GNG-failing topic. Already described in the main article at The War of the Worlds#Weapons and armour, so a separate article is unnecessary. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 08:22, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 08:22, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 08:22, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 08:22, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect/Merge to Martian (The War of the Worlds) - Much like the also-nominated Heat-Ray, while the black smoke is mentioned in summaries and discussions of the various incarnation of War of the Worlds, there is nothing showing that it is independently notable enough to have a separate article, rather than being covered on the overall topic of the Martians. Rorshacma (talk) 20:37, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Martian (The War of the Worlds), which already covers this weapon in more than enough detail. There is no need for a WP:SPLIT here. Devonian Wombat (talk) 11:21, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Wikipedia is not supposed to be building articles on fictional things directly from the fictional works where they appear.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:22, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Martian (The War of the Worlds), slight chance it is a searchable term, not notable enough for stand-alone article. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:47, 1 December 2020 (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.