The result was keep. — Tom Morris ( talk) 12:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC) reply
The fictional creature Sandworm from the Dune franchise does not seem to meet the general notability guideline as a stand-alone topic since it has not received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Most of the sources cited within the article are from primary sources or non-independent sources. The few ones that are reliable secondary sources do not talk about the fictional creature but about the Dune series, and notability is not inherited, so those sources do not show notability for the fictional creature. A quick search engine test does not show significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that provide information beyond the plot, just unreliable sources and/or primary sources such as the novel Sandworms of Dune, but nothing about reception or significance in the real world, making the article the article a summary-only description with a few mentions about the significance of the Dune series, but not related to the fictional creature itself. With no reliable secondary sources that provide analytic or evaluative claims about the fictional creature itself, I do not believe that the fictional Sandworm as a topic deserves a stand-alone article and therefore the article should be deleted since it does meet the notability guidelines and falls into what what Wikipedia is not. The creature already has enough description in Glossary of Dune terminology. Jfgslo ( talk) 06:17, 21 July 2012 (UTC) reply
The result was keep. — Tom Morris ( talk) 12:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC) reply
The fictional creature Sandworm from the Dune franchise does not seem to meet the general notability guideline as a stand-alone topic since it has not received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Most of the sources cited within the article are from primary sources or non-independent sources. The few ones that are reliable secondary sources do not talk about the fictional creature but about the Dune series, and notability is not inherited, so those sources do not show notability for the fictional creature. A quick search engine test does not show significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that provide information beyond the plot, just unreliable sources and/or primary sources such as the novel Sandworms of Dune, but nothing about reception or significance in the real world, making the article the article a summary-only description with a few mentions about the significance of the Dune series, but not related to the fictional creature itself. With no reliable secondary sources that provide analytic or evaluative claims about the fictional creature itself, I do not believe that the fictional Sandworm as a topic deserves a stand-alone article and therefore the article should be deleted since it does meet the notability guidelines and falls into what what Wikipedia is not. The creature already has enough description in Glossary of Dune terminology. Jfgslo ( talk) 06:17, 21 July 2012 (UTC) reply