Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Starfleet ship registry and classes in Star Trek
For a couple of reasons. First, Trek is a major entertainment franchise and there is precedent for articles of this nature relating to the hardware. Second, it is sourced (granted, mostly primary sources but there are secondary ones out there if you look hard enough, and I don't adhere to the believe of some Wikipedians that primary sources are evil, especially with relation to fiction topics). Third, the fact a non-Wikipedia site like Memory Alpha covers this differently or in more detail is irrelevant; there's is misconception MA is part of Wikipedia and it has nothing to do with us, therefore we have no obligation to cater our articles to what they do (beyond a courtesy link or two, of course). A key thing here is that this article is confining itself, it appears, to on-screen references. Therefore  isn't an issue. MA, if they do a similar article, can go into the more murky areas of including the books and comics. But I don't see a problem with this as it stands
— User:23skidoo, 15:42, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOR (Wikipedia:No original research)