Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monstrous spider

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Clear consensus to get rid of the article in some way (excluding a "keep or merge" argument that gave no reason for its suggestion). There are two redirect targets, one of which has more support but also more opposition; I'll punt the redirect-or-no question to editorial decision. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Monstrous spider

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Generic non-notable monster class that fails WP:GNG. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 15:31, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 15:31, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 15:31, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

• Comment: I feel like there might be an article we could write about giant spiders in fiction. I'm not sure there is any sourcing to back such an article up and I don't want to look for it because pictures of spiders make me very uncomfortable (yes, I am a wuss). Even writing this comment is making my skin crawl. Rockphed (talk) 17:43, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

• There is already such an article, called Cultural depictions of spiders. A Good Article in fact._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:54, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

• Delete and Redirect to Cultural depictions of spiders, possibly to a section thereof. Rockphed (talk) 18:33, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
• Delete clearly fails WP:GNG based on the sources in the article (all appear primary.) SportingFlyer T·C 21:05, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 10:38, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

• Keep or merge to Index of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters. BOZ (talk) 14:13, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
• Delete - Non notable, and no sufficiently secondary sources to indicate any sort of notability. I'm not sure how useful this name would even be as a redirect, as its rather generic. Rorshacma (talk) 00:51, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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.