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The result was delete. And redirect via disambig. CitiCat^♫ 04:19, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hellbore[edit]

Fictional weapon from a series of sci-fi novels. No evidence of notability; I could find no references from any sources outside the novels. Sopoforic 03:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Bolo (tank). Then redirect to Hellebore (the flower). Kappa 04:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Kappa Q ^{T C} 06:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into and redirect to Bolo (tank) - Keith Laumer's Bolo series of SF books, and the Bollo, per se, are certainly notable, however I can't see a separate article on the main weapon at this time. Merge into main article with no prejudice against recreation if size issues in the future favor it, or if the gun becomes notable on it's own merits. Some of this article's content overlaps with the hellbore description in the main article, so merging will require some editing, prolly best in a new section.. — Becksguy 11:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Okay, it didn't bore the hell out of me, but it does belong back with either Laumer or the Bolo series. Mandsford 15:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good one. That was funny! — Becksguy 08:38, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Know how I found out it was being deleted? I was reading one of the novels and found myself wanting to know what a Hellbore was, so I went to Wikipedia to find out. I found the comment that nobody would want to do that comical. Syberghost 19:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which comment that nobody would want to look up what a Hellbore is? It's certainly possible; however, all of the information in the article came from the novels you're reading. We require evidence of notability to justify a separate article on a topic. The information won't be lost--it's also contained, as noted by Becksguy, in the main Bolo article. --Sopoforic 23:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, but suggest that this article become a disambiguation page treferring people to both the Bolo fictions, and to hellebore, a notorious plant formerly used in medicine, which was my first thought as to what this might be about. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:44, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I like the idea of this page becoming a multi disambig page as Smerdis of Tlön suggests. That makes a lot of sense and also addresses Kappa's concern. — Becksguy 18:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete per WP:COPYVIO The section on How a Hellbore works is a word for word copy of the Hellbore content from pages 269-270 of Bolo Brigade, by William H. Keith, Jr. The source is even mentioned at the end of the article. I personally checked the book's text. Blatant copyright violation per WP:COPYVIO. After deletion, create disambig page per above. Thanks. — Becksguy 19:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I blanked the copyvio section, per WP:COPYVIO. — Becksguy 20:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If nobody re-writes that section non-copyvio, I withdraw my "Keep" vote and change it to "Delete" - Syberghost 12:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

delete Not notable Mbisanz 01:51, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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