The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was keep, merge, and disambiguate. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 20:34, Dec. 27, 2005

This and all other comic stubs are much to insignificant to be listed in their own article. There is already a discription of Tracer Bullet in the Calvin and Hobbes article. I've also listed other Calvin and Hobbes stubs as articles for deletion.--FelineFanatic13 00:20, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into Calvin and Hobbes Zzzzz 00:17, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is absolutely no need to merge the two articles because Tracer Bullet is already listed in the Calvin and Hobbes article.--

FelineFanatic13 00:19, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect then? - Rudykog 00:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Someone else can redirect it if they want to. Redirecting is not my speciality on Wikipedia.--FelineFanatic13 01:15, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's really not that hard. Anyway, something that can be merged doesn't need deletion. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:46, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Disambiguate - this page should be a dab pointing to Tracer ammunition and Calvin_and_Hobbes#Calvin's_alter-egos. I could see someone searching for "Tracer bullet" and meaning the piece of ammunition, not the comic strip reference. -GTBacchus^(talk) 01:23, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I guess Tracer Bullet and Tracer bullet are different pages... I still like the idea of the dab. -GTBacchus^(talk) 01:24, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and expand. -- JJay 01:44, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Delete and I'm a big C & H fan. Wikipedia must be useful. Right? Billbrock 03:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. There's enough verifiable info available to make a full-length article about this. See this. —Simetrical (talk) 03:50, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • To clarify: it is my opinion, as explained elsewhere, that Wikipedia does not need notability requirements, and in this instance my opinion is not contrary to policy. —Simetrical (talk) 08:16, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• A bog-standard private-eye parody popping up a few times as a gag in comic strip? Uh uh. Comic-cruft. Delete outright or redirect to Tracer ammunition. --Calton | Talk 06:44, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment for those voting to keep everythig verifiable - It's not like the section on alter-egos in the Calvin and Hobbes article is swelling to the point of bursting or something, why have redundant information? You have a point about Wikipedia's potential purview, which I don't disrespect, whether or not I agree, but in this case, you're overextending, IMO. The first article to bud off of the Calvin and Hobbes article would have to be the entire alter-egos section, and then, when each section of that grows big enough, it could be split. That's when Tracer Bullet gets his own article. I'm not holding my breath. -GTBacchus^(talk) 07:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate or delete. I can't see this being as useful as Spaceman Spiff is.--SarekOfVulcan 09:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Calvin and Hobbes. — JIP | Talk 09:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Calvin and Hobbes and then disabiguate with Tracer ammunition. the wub "?!" 10:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate - to Tracer ammunition, and to Calvin and Hobbes, where this info should be merged. Too crufty for its own article. Proto t c 10:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• disambiguate and then redirect to C&H. This should not stand alone. Eusebeus 11:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect info that's not yet mentioned at Calvin and Hobbes. If you want a reference to tracer ammunition, it should be at tracer bullet, note the lower case "b". - Mgm|^(talk) 11:44, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect, from where it can be broken out again if it expands beyond the size of that page. Hiding talk 12:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate per GTBacchus. - squibix 14:02,
• Merge into calvin and hobbes---Frogman1326 14:52, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

16 December 2005 (UTC)

• Merge per most people. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 14:56, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate between Tracer ammunition and Calvin and Hobbes. -R. fiend 18:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate, per above Tom Harrison ^(talk) 21:35, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate because some readers will want the ammo article and some will want the Calvin & Hobbes article. JamesMLane 02:53, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate--what they said. - Naif 05:14, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate to the ammo and C&A articles, merge any unmerged info to C&A. --Alf ^melmac 12:14, 21 December 2005 (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.