Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Characters in Dale Brown novels (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Flight of the Old Dog. Originally closed as delete but after communication with other editor and further reflection changing to merge per WP:ATD-M. J04n(talk page) 14:17, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Characters in Dale Brown novels[edit]

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Clearly fails WP:GNG, when the article about the novel that these characters are featured in doesn't even clearly justify its own notability. Coin945 (talk) 05:50, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2017 December 4. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 06:10, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete largely per nom. The article appears to be about characters in one particular novel at the moment, so it may be possible (pending references, of which there presently are none) to merge anything relevant to the article on the novel in question, if it's notable. Otherwise, a straight-up deletion is the best course of action. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:16, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Flight of the Old Dog, although it appears these characters appear in subsequent novels as well. On first blush, that book appears notable. Jclemens (talk) 06:46, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Jclemens (talk) 07:29, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:48, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, unmaintained/unmaintainable fork that contains only unverified content. Ergo, there's nothing to salvage. The whole thing could be a hoax, for all this reader knows. If cited, merge to Dale Brown or Flight of the Old Dog as appropriate. (Notably, this article has already found a more appropriate home.) -- Visviva (talk) 01:50, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 02:20, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Flight of the Old Dog. These characters do not warrant a stand-alone article by itself as they are part of the novel. Ernestchuajiasheng (talk) 05:01, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Only sourced content is merged. And this article is just paragraphs of synthesis and OR. And for first suggested merge to Dale Brown, how is it reasonable to merge characters of fictional novel in a Biography of living person? This is very weird. Second merge target is also very unsuitable and we shouldn't accumulate another unsourced content in it.–Ammarpad (talk) 19:19, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The content is clearly original research and there haven't been substantial alterations to the article in a decade. Nothing worth keeping. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 18:59, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete & oppose merge. There's nothing to merge as the article lists no sources. Uncited original research that lacks encyclopedic notability. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:37, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.