Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wookiee

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The result of the debate was keep. —Xezbeth 18:50, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

Wookiee[edit]

~~Fancruft. Now that the Star Wars Wiki is up and running, articles like this don't belong in the real-life encyclopedia. Delete.~~--67.123.232.156 05:30, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw. Clearly, this is not something that Wikipedia people are going to go for. I still don't agree that this article belongs here, though. This is a fictional species. It doesn't exist in real life.--67.123.232.156 18:33, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- Would you nominate Moby Dick on the same grounds? Gillian Tipson 06:19, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Well known species from Star Wars. Just because there is now a Star Wars wiki doesn't mean that important subjects shouldn't appear in Wikipedia. Capitalistroadster 05:57, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. FYI: Nominator had also been trying to unilaterally amend Template:Swwiki to read, "This article should be considered as a candidate to be copied to the Star Wars Wiki and then deleted." [1]. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:02, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. There are lots of other wikis, and no reason that Wikipedia can't have overlapping content when the content fits Wikipedia's notability criteria. A Man In Black 06:03, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, stop vfding every Star Wars article on Wikipedia. Rick K 06:13, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. It's a popular subject and looks like a good article. Vashti 06:17, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Very well-known. Anon appears to be on a crusade. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:55, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
LOL @ nominating Wookie Kappa 07:01, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notable Star Wars race. Not fancruft whatsoever. Sjakkalle 07:06, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, and expand. Notable. Megan1967 07:12, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- Curps 08:45, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep One of the numerous pieces of Star Wars lore known even to non-fans. Even those who have never seen any of the movies generally tend to recognise Chewbacca the wookiee. Also, it's well-known that the wookiee race is greatly expanded in the upcoming Sith movie: we get to meet other wookiees, see their homeworld, etc. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:09, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
Keep - bad faith nomination. Firebug 13:51, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Extreme Keep!!!!! Are you insane?! Stancel 17:47, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ keep. Just fictionstuff, but one of the most notable alien races in one of the most notable (not equal to "one of the best") SF bodies of work. Per WP:FICT, this is enough to merit a breakout article where sufficient material exists. But some fans need to be reminded that it's not encyclopedic for WP to have 200 articles like List of unnamed storm troopers who get blasted in Episode IV in duplication of the Star Wars Wiki. Most should be merged into a few pages with wikilinks to swwiki. Barno 18:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Mega-super keep, -sigh- K1Bond007 22:04, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
Strong Keep. I see no reason whatsoever to delete this. (assuming that this is the correct spelling. Not being a Star Wars geek in the least, I was totally unaware that "Wookiee" had 2 E's. Based on the number of votes thusfar that don't mention spelling, I must assume this is correct. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 06:54, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Comment: Furthermore, the fact that I have never watched a Star Wars movie in its entirety, yet I am well aware of what a wookie(e) is, is a testament to the notability of the topic. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 06:54, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Obvious notablity - Keep. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson 01:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are many fictional characters & races listed in Wikipedia, should we delete them all?
Merge with 'List of Star Wars races' or keep

Lord Patrick 04:16, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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