Talk:Ricky (Trailer Park Boys character)

Redirection
I see no material here that cannot be adequately covered at the LOC; the notability, fictional, reference, & in-universe concerns remain unaddressed. As we all know, absent a solid foundation of real-world notability, be it as a meme, merchandising, referential or totemic figure, demonstrable real-world cultural significance etc..., individual spinouts are justified in the case of length. This, however, usually trips up against WP:UNDUE. As has been well-established at the talk page of the failed FICT debate, the LOC is a generally agreeable middle path for fictional topics, where the principal focus is the in-universe characterisation of the subject. Since the focus of the three main characters of TPB is (and should remain) their in-universe characterisation, this is therefore best treated at the LOC. As also was generally agreed at the failed WT:FICT, the accumulation of fancruft, unencyclopedic trivia, excessive fictional biographical material and other such content is highly discouraged per the clear terms elaborated at WP:NOT; the use of a centralised LOC for in-universe content offers a practical and manageable mechanism for containing such material. As a result, it seems to me that as no compelling case has been made for the restoration of this material based on a real-world notability of the character, this should be redirected to the LOC. I will post this to the other character pages as well, since it applies equally. Eusebeus (talk) 15:42, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * This seems to be cookie-cutter nomination made without reference to the details of this character. Redirection is not appropriate for such a lead character. Colonel Warden (talk) 23:11, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree, I don't think this character warrants being merged in like that, being that it is the main character of the show. If anything, maybe tag the article with a need for an expansion? Give a biographical history of the character, what he's gone to jail for, some other character synoposis. I haven't seen the entire series yet, in fact I'm only just now starting to watch Season 3 (unfortunately, this show doesn't air in the US and if it did, I wouldn't watch it because it'd probably be censored.) Once I am done watching the series current episodes, I may do it myself, but this may not be for a while. Tainted42 (talk) 16:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but you say there's no real world notability, it's an accumlation of fancruft?, trivia, and fictional biographical material, have you seen how many other articles there are like that without anyone flagging them? Check out the show's House M.d. Doctor Who, the sopranos, they have a massive amount of character pages with all the things you just listed. Once again, my vote is to expand the article, not merge it. Tainted42 (talk) 16:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)