Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

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. Clearly not individually notable, content is all in an overview article, and no need for a disambiguated redirect. ansh 666 09:51, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)[edit]

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Unsourced for three years, OR issues and no evidence of notability. A merge to the TV series might well be in order, but this page should not exist. Slatersteven (talk) 13:30, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Looking at the talk page, it's clear that interested parties have had three and a half years to respond to the issues and haven't resolved the problem. I see no point making it into a redirect, since Dennis Reynolds already redirects to List of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia characters#Dennis Reynolds, where the subject is covered in detail. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 14:35, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: should we also be considering Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Deandra Reynolds and Frank Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) for similar reasons? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 14:43, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty much it would seem yes.Slatersteven (talk) 16:15, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable: shall we await the outcome of this AfD, and use it as a guide? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 20:49, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment as a character from a fictional work, the episodes of the show serve as an implicit reference. That doesn't fix that the article is a mix of original research and WP:COATRACK coverage of single episode plots. Procedurally, if there's a consensus to merge I'd ask that all the character pages be merged without further AfDs. A WP:TNT deletion will need additional AfDs. power~enwiki (π, ν) 01:07, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the fact that Dennis Reynolds already redirects to List of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia characters is a very bad sign for this page. power~enwiki (π, ν) 01:07, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong KeepThe fact that it redirects is no sign whatsoever. The reason the page has only been updated after three years is because it was formely a redirect. It makes abosultely no sense that Dennis, Frank and Dee Reynolds were not notable enough (as main characters) yet The Waitress warrants a page of her own? Dennis Reynolds is one of the main cast of what is now longest running live-action sitcom. Failosopher (talk) 22:03, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Restore redirect -- popularity is not notability, and the absence of significant third-party coverage for the "individual" in such a popular show reinforces the topic's lack of notability. I agree the other lead characters' individual pages warrant redirects, too. --EEMIV (talk) 02:26, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 05:11, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 05:11, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge all (Yeah, the others aren't up for AfD; consider this an editorial input) to List of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia characters per WP:ATD-M; the nom is actually proposing a merge, which is reasonable. Deletion is not for cleanup, however. Jclemens (talk) 05:42, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget to List of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia characters No sourcing by secondary sources or analysis expected from fictional characters that get their own page. No character design, casting, development or background sections (compare Rick Grimes or Bart Simpson). If the only thing that can be written is a description of the character and major highlights of his activities, then the description paragraph on the list is good enough for that. Other character articles can be raised up for AFD for the same problems. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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