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 was delete. If there is a concern about attribution, any admin can retrieve the list of pre-merge contributors and place it on the relevant Talk page. However, the merge target was later redirected (not merged), so it is not clear that we are currently using any content that needs to be attributed. RL0919 (talk) 05:32, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Planetary Defence Force (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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I cannot find any academic or journalistic publications that have discussed this concept in a meaningful way. The article is little more than a collection of in-universe information that would only interest the most obsessive of Warhammer 40,000 fans. Furthermore, the title of the article is far too general for it to be a plausible search term. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 05:07, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 05:07, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 05:07, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 05:07, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• 13 years ago, this AfD was closed as a merge and redirect, but it was neither merged nor redirected, and in those 13 years, has been slightly improved but not changed to the point where we shouldn't still merge and redirect it. SportingFlyer T·C 05:12, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's because this kind of thing happens. Perhaps this needs to be turned into a redirect and protected. Josh Milburn (talk) 08:05, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • I fully admit I missed that. SportingFlyer T·C 12:05, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Restore redirect and protect, or just delete if no attribution is necessary. No decent sources. Josh Milburn (talk) 08:05, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete As non-notable, and with overly vague meaning. There can certainly be a real life "Planetary Defense Force" if the Earth is threatened by an asteroid or some such, meaning it would feel like at least somewhat of a WP:SURPRISE to redirect it to Warhammer._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 16:54, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes; I'm not opposed to deleting this outright. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:35, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Usual-variety fancruft trivia. Fails GNG. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:38, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - There are virtually no reliable secondary sources discussing the topic of the article. Additionally, the actual title is a rather generic, pretty common term used in multiple works unrelated to Warhammer, making it an inappropriate redirect. Rorshacma (talk) 18:37, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. typical fancruft trivia. Fails GNG/NFICTION.Kacper IV (talk) 12:06, 5 December 2019 (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.