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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 21:02, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Female Autobots[edit]

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Non-notable fictional topic. I think it should also be deleted, but List of female Transformers also exists, so this is also redundant. TTN (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete (or redirect to list of female transformers). This seems like it might be a WP:SYNTH issue, since there's no in-universe grouping of these characters to justify a list, or any external third-party sources that discuss these characters as a single group or source). 38.142.216.106 (talk) 20:03, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, as non-notable. If there was a notable thing to mention about female autobots in particular, then it can be mentioned in Autobots but currently there is nothing of note here so it would make no sense to redirect it. I would also suggest bundling List of female Transformers with this since without this page, there is no encyclopedic basis for that page to exist either._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 03:23, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or redirect to List of female Transformers. There's no need to keep essentially the same information in two separate articles. JIP | Talk 09:45, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think merging is a reasonable idea, JIP, but I'm concerned that the List of female Transformers will be the next article to get the axe, since it has more or less the same problems that this article does. 38.142.216.106 (talk) 14:05, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If List of female Transformers gets deleted, then Wikipedia will lose all mentions that female Transformers even exist. But on the other hand, the way things are going, Wikipedia will lose almost all information of individual Transformers anyway. JIP | Talk 14:15, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's definitely a concern that I have. I could get behind the idea of merging this article with that one, but if in the future a decision is made to delete that article, then we might need to preserve the relevant information in the main Transformers article. I think this content is valuable, but there's always a risk when categorizations like this (which are largely sourced to in-universe material and organized in a way that non-Wikipedia sources don't use). 38.142.216.106 (talk) 14:59, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The information is not being "lost", as one can navigate to the Transformers Wiki to get this information. On Wikipedia, should only be the few Transformers that are actually notable enough to receive unique commentary that is not just their plot summary. However, I am sure that the simple fact that female Transformers exist can definitely be mentioned in the main article._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 22:37, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As mentioned, this article appears to be largely synthesis, compiling information about individual female transformers characters without using any sources that actually talk about the grouping or concept as a whole. Rorshacma (talk) 16:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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