Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Handling machine (The War of the Worlds)

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The result was delete. czar 06:39, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Handling machine (The War of the Worlds)

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Unreferenced article and even it's very name may be ORish. I prodded it with the following rationale: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline requirement nor the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) supplementary essay. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar." It was deprodded by User:Andrew Davidson with an unhelpful rationale despite the fact that I asked in my prod for a proper rationale while deprodding. I am not sure if a redirect to Fighting machine (The War of the Worlds) makes sense but it can be considered. Please also see two other relevant AfDs next to this about nearly identical articles (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flying machine (The War of the Worlds), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Embankment machine (The War of the Worlds)). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:35, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:35, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:35, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

• Delete- a minor element of this work of fiction, and the article contains no sourcing to speak of. It seems to contain a lot of OR. The title is not much use as a redirect because parentheticals in redirect titles are seldom useful. Unclear rationale for deprod. Reyk _YO! 07:47, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
• Delete: I could not find any evidence that the "handling machine" has received any substantial coverage. Furthermore, its name is original research. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 08:36, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
• Delete Topic fails WP:GNG. Avilich (talk) 15:48, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

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