Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Schiff (Law & Order)


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of Law & Order characters. Content that needs to be merged to the human being with the same name can be done with the history remaining under the redirect Star   Mississippi  12:27, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Adam Schiff (Law & Order)

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Many sources in the article are primary, a quick Google search does not give any sources that prove individual notability, and per WP:N, it is not worth a standalone article. If the character is not notable, I suggest a redirect and/or merge to List of Law & Order characters. Spinixster  (chat!)  10:01, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy,  and Television.  Spinixster   (chat!)  10:01, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the list of characters from the show, and probably merge the part about his real life namesake (Adam Schiff) there if it is not present there already. Not enough WP:GNG for a stand-alone article, outside this minor namesake trivia. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 12:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment finding SIGCOV of the character is difficult because of the namesake real-life politician of the same name . Here's what I got off the top:  The Accusers: Law, Justice and the Image of Prosecutors in Hollywood These are Their Stories: How the Portrayal of Capital Punishment on Law & (and) Order can Help Abolitionists Argue against the Death Penalty Google Scholar seems to have quite a lot, but it's hard to tell which pieces are about Schiff specifically and which are about the show from just abstracts. Darkfrog24 (talk) 21:57, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Reviewing the sources...
 * The first source does mention Schiff, but the part that mentions it is more about McCoy. It describes Schiff as an obstacle for McCoy.
 * The second source seems to be trivia about who the character was based on.
 * The third source is similar to the first, but it's more about Ben Stone.
 * The fourth source is a simple namedrop.
 * Spinixster  (chat!)  03:27, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect or merge per Piotrus. Any expansion can take place at the target article, if at all. Doesn't pass WP:SIGCOV as is. Shooterwalker (talk) 00:39, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


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