Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albus Dumbledore

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The result of the debate was speedy keep. smoddy 21:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Albus Dumbledore
Not encyclopedic at all. The entire known skills and possessions parts are prime examples. Nobody needs to know that a character in a fictional book discovers uses for dragon's blood or is extremely skilled at transfiguration. This is more of a fan FAQ than an encyclopedia article. Needs to be shortened to a paragraph or two and merged with Harry Potter at best, deleted at worst. Severus Snape 15:09, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep* Clearly in bad faith. -- marie antoinette
 * Strong Keep. User created just to do this VfD, smells like a bad faith nomination to me based on someone's idea of a joke for this username to nominate that article. --khaosworks 15:22, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Major character in popular literature (precedent at Gandalf, Ophelia (character)).  I suspect that this nomination is in bad faith. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:23, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Vfd is not Cleanup nor Requested merges. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 15:26, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * BJODN this nomination. smoddy 15:31, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Can something be BJAODN if it's only BJAON for being nominated for D? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:38, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Does BJAODN have any rules? A &#1080; D &#1103; 01D  TALK  EMAIL  17:35, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong candidate for a Speedy Keep for notable fictional character. Capitalistroadster 15:37, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Come on people - think about it.... look at his username.  This is a hoax.  :) Cmouse 15:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; Strong precedents for articles featuring popular fictional characters exist. Cleanup is not a suitable VfD criteria. &mdash; RJH 15:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As this brings together information from multiple sources on a well-known fictional character, it is a valuable addition to the Wikipedia.--SarekOfVulcan 16:18, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * BJODN this one. Zscout370 (Sound Off)
 * Keep. Keep, keep, keep, keep, keep, keep, keep, keep, keep, keep! -- Jason Palpatine 16:23, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep- Why would someone delete this article? This is a hoax of some sort. 11:04 21 July 2005
 * Delete 'Wikipedia is not a memorial' (joke) --Doc (?) 17:04, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Unfortunately, Harry Potter is a notable book and so its major characters. --Neigel von Teighen 17:07, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. I concur with Capitalistroadster & khaosworks. --Deathphoenix 17:20, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep; BJAODN this nomination before removal. A &#1080; D &#1103; 01D  TALK  EMAIL  17:35, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep this nomination was a joke; the username of the nominator is a Harry Potter reference, and see above comments for more (and though I'm not partial to having fictional characters in the Wikipedia, this one is as notable as needs to be). -Harmil 17:36, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this too the delete attempt is a bjodn alright Yuckfoo 17:59, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Joke nom. -- BD2412 talk 18:27, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Is April Fool's Day early this year, or is Snape looking for more revenge? Oh, keep. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:41, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, perhaps BJAODN nomination. VfD is the Avada Kedavra of the wikipedia?  humblefool&reg;Have you voted in the CSD poll yet? 18:46, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No, speedy deletion is the Avada Kendavra. These vfds are more like the cruciatus curse for everyone involved.  Dear god, I'm such a geek. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:00, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

there is no objection here Yuckfoo 21:40, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Very bad joke, look at nominators username. We have precedent to keep major fictional characters. - Mgm|(talk) 20:41, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: if there is no serious objection, this VfD should be closed as a "speedy keep". -- BD2412 talk 21:40, July 21, 2005 (UTC)


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