Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barrow-wight

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 redirect to Wight. As per my usual practice in a split delete/merge sitation; this allows merging from the history if somebody wants to do that and it has editorial consensus. Sandstein 10:36, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Barrow-wight

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Non-notable fictional race. Gets some passing references in secondary literature, but not enough to prove notability. The article contains some sources, but these sources are exclusively in the etymology section. The barrow-wights have no real notability in-universe or out of universe. Also, the article has a lot of internal inconsistency. In one point, the article states that the barrow-wights are from the First Age of Middle-earth, but it also says in the infobox that these critters were created by the newly AfD'd Witch-king of Angmar, who did not exist in the First Age of Middle-earth. Possible OR? Hog Farm (talk) 01:47, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 01:47, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 01:47, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 01:47, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I could only find one article that meaningfully discusses them. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 03:24, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. At present, the secondary sources only describe Wight, the legendary inspiration for Tolkein's creature. They do not support the notability of the Middle-earth topic.BenKuykendall (talk) 04:44, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Ended up being too minor to merit any coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:28, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not a race, just an unnotable type of critter, a mere bump in the Road that Goes Ever On. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:45, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Wight. No reason to lose the information. -- Necrothesp (talk) 01:19, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Wight. Most of the information looks OK to retain. Gilgamesh4 (talk) 08:27, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Wight. Goustien (talk) 02:43, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Wight.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:45, 7 January 2020 (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.