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The result was redirect to Man (Middle-earth)#Edain. Tone 11:43, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Edain[edit]

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No indication this fictional race passes WP:NFICTION/WP:GNG. Pure WP:PLOT. BEFORE fails to show anything that's not a mention in passing/fictional bio summary. Deprodded by User:Necrothesp because "significant race in Tolkien's works". Sigh. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:29, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:29, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I repeat, major race in the works of one of the most significant authors in the English language. Clearly notable. Sigh! We have many thousands of articles based purely on fictional elements. Where will this end, I wonder? -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:39, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fantasy-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 10:39, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - How notable they are within the works of fiction themselves (and I'd say even that is debatable) is meaningless if there are no reliable secondary sources discussing them. And, as far as I can see, there are not any. And as the content in the article is entirely in-universe plot summary sourced only to a single piece of fiction, there is nothing worth preserving here. Rorshacma (talk) 17:08, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge to Man (Middle-earth)#Edain. Goustien (talk) 04:28, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Man (Middle-earth)#Edain. The Silmarillion is a minor work that never gained general critical or popular acclaim.--Jack Upland (talk) 04:53, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The Simirilian is not a major work, so we need to stop claiming that things that only gain notability from indepth analysis of that work are default notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:40, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails NFICTION/GNG. Pure PLOT. Kacper IV (talk) 09:36, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Man (Middle-earth)#Edain. We don't need two pages on this subject. Hog Farm (talk) 17:54, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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