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The result was delete. ansh 666 07:33, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Boffin of the Yale[edit]

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A family of characters from Middle-earth. The article is written in an in-universe style and referenced only to the Tolkien novels. I can't find sources outside of Tolkien and fan material to suggest the topic meets WP:GNG (though maybe I'm not looking in the right place?). The page has previously been created by the same user, and PRODed and deleted. So it feels like an AfD is in order. An alternative to deletion may be a redirect to List of hobbit families which is where a previous iteration of this article now redirects. Thoughts from others would be most welcome. Ajpolino (talk) 21:26, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable. No reliable sources, which is unsurprising since the subject of this article isn't real. The family trees are directly copied from the The Encyclopedia of Arda (cited by the article). This type of content is more suitable for Wikia. A redirect is not appropriate because the article is misnamed. (The first sentence suggests that the correct title should have been "The Boffins of the Yale.") Newslinger (talk) 07:15, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:58, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:FANCRUFT Chetsford (talk) 17:13, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of hobbit families, or else to hobbit. Vorbee (talk) 08:20, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fancruft, without any reliable source. It also includes personal speculation by the creator of the article: "It seems as if ...", "seems to be associated with ...", "could also be considered ...", "they might be known for ..." (Also, unless I am much mistaken, much of the content, including most of the family tree is made up by fans, and does not occur in the books.) And no, don't redirect, because from my searches the expression "Boffin of the Yale" appears only in Wikia, other fan sites, and Wikipedia and its mirrors. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:47, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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