Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Catoblepas (Dungeons & Dragons)

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The result was merge to Catoblepas. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:07, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Catoblepas (Dungeons & Dragons)

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Non-notable fictional variant of a mythological monster. There are no reliable, secondary sources to denote any sort of notability of this particular version of the creature. The one non-primary book being used as a source only includes a direct quote from the Monster Manual, as seen here, and thus does nothing to indicate notability. Rorshacma (talk) 22:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 22:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:58, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Catoblepas. Hyperbolick (talk) 05:18, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'd personally argue against a merger here since, as mentioned, there is no reliably sourced material to really merge. In addition, the catoblepas is a fairly common creature to be used in fiction, so merging information on this version of it to the main article on the myth would be giving undue weight to this un-notable iteration of it. Rorshacma (talk) 14:32, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If anything, I would keep this page for linking the fictional character, and link the forgotten realms wiki page for more specifics on the creature itself. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.34.175.146 (talk) 12:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge to Index of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters. BOZ (talk) 05:54, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- The proposed target for the merge is also being considered for deletion. Not a very active user (talk) 08:12, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Catoblepas but I agree most is irrelevant - just mention that it appears in D&D and soft-redirect. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:11, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fantasy-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 10:14, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect or Merge to Catoblepas. There are 2 sources in this article that might be significant, but one of them is a geocities site. The rest is various D&D manuals spread over 30 years of publication history. The one cite that might be worth merging is "Of Dice and Men". Rockphed (talk) 14:35, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge per Rockphed.4meter4 (talk) 02:06, 4 October 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.