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Hanso Foundation

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Element of fiction with, in my opinion, no significant evidence of real-world notability; most of the article is written from an in-universe perspective, much of which seems to be speculative. PROD was disputed, so bringing it here. (I would suggest merging to a parent article, but there doesn't seem to be any appropriate one.) rʨanaɢ (talk) 04:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge, into either Lost (TV Series) or one of its associated articles, probably Dharma Initiative --it's a plot element in the series and that seems the closest association; someone who actually knows the series can do better to suggest one than I, or I'd have done it myself. What I do know, is that there is no reason to lose the information, and WP:BEFORE is the applicable policy. DGG ( talk ) 04:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Dharma Initiative is probably the best merge target; I'm not a Lost expert but as far as I know Hanso is supposed to be what funds Dharma, so this article could become a short section somewhere in that one. Lost (TV series) is not a good merge target because it wouldn't be appropriate to have such minor plot information in the parent article. rʨanaɢ (talk) 04:31, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. Not a Lost expert, though. Andewz111 (no 'r') (PingusTM) - Linux rulez! (nudge me) 04:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've watched all of the Lost series, and I don't think it's necessarily appropriate to merge this with the DHARMA Initiative. It has yet to be seen in the final series of the show if The Hanso Foundation has a lot of further significance outside of funding the DHARMA Initiative. I think that the article's documentation of the alternate-reality game, real-world websites and other "Lost" marketing methods are interesting and noteworthy. I'm not an expert on Wikipedia's article rules though.