Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Victor Crowley

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) SST flyer 16:08, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Victor Crowley[edit]

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Unencyclopedic article about a fictional character. Clearly set up as in-universe fictional bio (which we have plenty of examples of) but it consists of nothing more than plot summaries of each of the three films in which the character appears (which is WP:FORKy; each film has an article already). There's a malformed merge (no target for discussion was ever set) from the DEPROD, but there are two separate issues with a merge: one is that the article would need to be split three ways (which is a fixable issue), and the second is that plot summary already exists in those articles, and all this would do is bulk it out with unnecessary detail.. I therefore see very little utility in a merge, and there are several potential WP:PRIMARYTOPICs to redirect to, which pretty much moots that avenue as well. MSJapan (talk) 04:49, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 06:09, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 06:09, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There's enough about Crowley in the likes of NY Times Reviews--add 'hatchet' to the quoted name in the above search tools to see what I mean--that I believe a fictional character bio is warranted, albeit not in so much plot detail. BUT, that can be solved by regular editing, and I don't see any particular call to expand this into a list of characters of the hatchet film franchise, although that would be another reasonable non-delete outcome. Jclemens (talk) 06:39, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per meeting inclusion criteria through coverage in multiple independent sources. Not all fictional characters merit inclusion, but multiple film characters Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Leatherface, Chucky, and Michael Myers (among so many others) are glad that some do. Jclemens's points are quite valid. The article needs use of the many available sources, not deletion. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 21:38, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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