Talk:List of characters in Outrageous Fortune

This article is split off from Outrageous Fortune due to excessive length. The show has just won multiple awards yet again and it is normal for an article on a significant television series to have character descriptions.
 * No it wasn't. This article was a compilation of individual character pages nominated for deletion with a consensus to merge. The awards only mean the show is notable but notability is not interited by the characters just because the series is notable. Brief character descriptions can be included in the main article but there is no need for a separate article unless the characters are verified as being notable outside that universe.
 * Wikipedia articles should describe fiction and fictional elements from the perspective of the real world, not from the perspective of the fiction itself. When an article is created, the subject's real-world notability should be established according to the general notability guideline by including independent reliable secondary sources — this will also ensure that there is enough source material for the article to be comprehensive and factually accurate. McWomble (talk) 11:45, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge
I propose that Characters in Outrageous Fortune be merged into Outrageous Fortune (TV series). The series itself is notable but notability is not interited by the characters just because the series is notable. Brief character descriptions can be included in the main article but there is no need for a separate article unless the characters are verified as being notable outside the fictional universe. When an article is created, the subject's real-world notability must be established according to the general notability guideline by including independent reliable secondary sources. Characters in Outrageous Fortune fails to do this. McWomble (talk) 11:31, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. Treatment of a TV cast in a stand alone article is not really worthy of an encyclopedia and is unlikley to be found except via a link off the main article anyway. Ex nihil (talk) 11:47, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose merger. The Characters article has just been created, and is in the process of being expanded and sourced.- gadfium 19:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * www.outrageousfortune.co.nz is not a reliable source. You must cite independent reliable secondary sources to establish real-world notability and support any claim. You have also restored original research which is against core Wikipedia policy. McWomble (talk) 10:57, 7 October 2008 (UTC)