Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red Claw (Batman)

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. No reliable sources means that there is nothing that can be merged. Sandstein 07:31, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Red Claw (Batman)[edit]

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A non-notable Batman villain that only appeared in a few episodes. No significant coverage and the only used reference is a wiki. SL93 (talk) 04:44, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of Batman Family enemies per WP:PRESERVE. SL93 - We're getting a lot of these minor comic-book characters on AFD and the result is typically merger, so please consider merging per WP:DIY rather than going for a full AFD. FOARP (talk) 07:22, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't know if merging would be appropriate with no reliable sources in the article and Red Claw never made a comic appearance. SL93 (talk) 14:39, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

State of the article's referencing is not the decider. List of Batman Family enemies also includes animated series villains, but List of DC animated universe characters is also possible. FOARP (talk) 19:28, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:V. SL93 (talk) 19:29, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BEFORE. FOARP (talk) 19:33, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I quote, "If the article can be fixed through normal editing, then it is not a candidate for AfD." - Searching for reliable sources and then adding them to the content is not fixing through normal editing. If you want it merged, I suggest verifying it yourself. I wouldn't mind just a plain redirect at this point. SL93 (talk) 19:35, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, you're voting merge for a topic that isn't even reliably verified per a policy. Quote WP:BEFORE if you want, but I vote policy over guideline. SL93 (talk) 19:40, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm. I don't even know what to tell you if you think that adding references isn't "normal editing" and that it's OK to delete stuff without actually checking if references exist that aren't cited. I suggest you read WP:BEFORE again, then read WP:DP, particularly WP:ATD and especially WP:ATD-M. Here's some references it took me like 5 seconds to find confirming that, yes, Red Claw was an animated series character and should be an easy merge: 1 2 3 4. The Geek article makes me think this might even be possible to save as a stand-alone article but it would take a few more like that to properly support it and I don't have the time to look properly. FOARP (talk) 19:46, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm. You still voted to merge unreferenced content and you quoted the notability guideline in a wrong way earlier. So how about we both messed up? SL93 (talk) 19:51, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This discussion has been fun and all, but this can be merged now. SL93 (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:33, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:34, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Notability is not established. TTN (talk) 00:46, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Very minor character that has no real-world notability. There are zero reliable sources present in the article, and I have been unable to find anything of any substance. As there is no actual sourced material in the article to merge anywhere, and it is not a particularly plausible search term for a redirect, it should be deleted. Rorshacma (talk) 01:35, 20 September 2019 (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.