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The result was merge to San Jose Earthquakes#Mascots. Keeper | 76 00:38, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot)[edit]

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Only reference present is not about the subject but simply lists the mascot along with others from the Bay Area. Does not appear to be interdependently notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:27, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't see why this should be at AfD since the only possible outcomes of this discussion are Keep and Merge to San Jose Earthquakes#Mascots. That being said, I don't oppose a merge because I can't find much coverage and don't expect to find much now or in the near future. On the other hand Q almost got into a fight with Beckham [1] and was busted for PED use [2]. How many mascots are that badass? :-) Pichpich (talk) 19:48, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge per Pichpich; while the name "Q" is hard to Google, at minimum, content about the mascot belongs in the Earthquakes article, also meaning that the listing for this mascot should be maintained at Q (disambiguation).--Arxiloxos (talk) 23:44, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:35, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:35, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It's an AfD because it could be delete. There is currently no RS to indicate notability. Other teams in the MLS also have mascots and those mascots are not included in the team articles (Q already has an entry under an unreferenced Mascots section in the club article). So delete is a very real possibility. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:55, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you seriously suggesting that there shouldn't be a redirect from Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot) to San Jose Earthquakes#Mascots? What could the benefit of that be? Multiple sources clearly establish the fact that the blue gizmo in the picture is indeed the team's mascot and is called Q. We shouldn't hide that fact just because we don't think Q merits a standalone article. Pichpich (talk) 03:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you seriously suggesting that there should be a redirect from Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot) to San Jose Earthquakes#Mascots? What could the benefit of that be? Only two pages link to the article presently :

San Jose Earthquakes does as well but that would be a circular reference and would have to be removed. Since so few pages actually link there, the only really relevant one (List of association football mascots) could simply be pointed directly to the San Jose Earthquakes article. However if you can show that the mascots that don't have articles have similar dab entries, I'll be happy to allow a dab to exist on the Q dab page. There's nothing to hide since the subject is clearly not notable written about. The lack of any sources that confirms the subject is notable. If there were multiple sources, that would be a reason to keep. Since you're argument is merge (WTF are you planning to merge?) and redirect, you don't even believe that the subject is notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:07, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to San Jose Earthquakes#Mascots; no evidence of independent notability. Giant Snowman 19:40, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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