Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alistair Katt


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was delete all articles. Mailer Diablo 10:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Newshounds Furry Webcomic Characters
This is a multiple nomination for a bunch of furry webcomic characters from the Webcomic Newshounds. The articles nominated are: Newshounds is a long running webcomic hosted on Keenspot. I am not discussing its notability or encyclopedic value at this point, but that of their characters. Whereas I'm sure factual nuggets such as how Kevin J Dog met his bitch at a Rowan Atkinson autograph session, I absolutely fail to see how it is encyclopedic. How many professional sources have written about the characters of Newgrounds? What kind of influences have they had over other works? I'm sure actual journalists working in the real world have written extensively about Asterix, and the nature of Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes). What they haven't done is comment on how Wolfram Blitzen was worried about not having a shoetree for his shoes. This is a textbook example of fancruft, appeals to only those entrenched in the series already. I am NOT proposing a merge, as I believe that Newshounds covers the characters in suitable depth already. - Hahnch e  n 01:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Alistair Katt
 * Ferris the Rat
 * Kevin J. Dog
 * Lorna Dilbrook
 * Renata Fayre
 * Rochelle O'Shea
 * Sam Shepherd (Newshounds)
 * Wolfram Blitzen


 * Delete all agree that the main page covers the characters sufficiently, but if someone who knows the comic better feels any info needs to be merged in, I'd be ok with that too, as long as it's not all kept. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 01:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete All per above, character don't have individual notability outside of comic and comic's article suffices for their bios. Yank  sox  01:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Danny Lilithborne 02:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom, or as a remote second choice redirect all to Newshounds instead. --Metropolitan90 04:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. SynergeticMaggot 04:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep ISD 07:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Normally, you're supposed to leave a reason to keep; especially if the vote is not going your way. Danny Lilithborne 07:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Reply As Newshounds is one of the longest running webcomics, their characters are some of the most in depth. Thus, I believe that there is enough information about them to justify their own articles. It also makes it easier to extract information from each character rather than searching through the main entry. ISD 08:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom, especially since they're well covered in the article. Voice of Treason 07:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all. Just because a webcomic is long-running doesn't mean its characters are worthy of articles in an encyclopedia. The main article works just fine. --Core des at talk. o.o;; 08:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep all, harmless, but reduce fancruft and balance the articles. - Gilgamesh 10:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't think any current webcomic is at a level where we need an article on every character. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  12:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Unreasonably fine granularity. If the descriptions in Newshounds aren't considered detailed enough, there's plenty of room to add detail there. Spot-checking several of these articles shows no sources for the specific details given. They give the appearance of being a display of personal knowledge, included on the editor's own authority, rather than being based on cited, verifiable published sources (as required by the verifiability policy). Dpbsmith (talk) 12:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all - Open and shut case per reasonings given above. Wickethewok 13:45, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete since these characters are a subset of a webcomic (which is less notable than a comic) and is in any case a furry webcomic (which is a minor subgenre). No evidence of significant external coverage (is this WP:OR from fans?). Just zis Guy you know? 13:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per WP:FICT. &mdash; Haeleth Talk 16:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per well reasoned nom, this does not satisfy either WP:V or WP:RS -- Alias Flood 18:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom, but no problem with some of the info being used to expand the bios in the main article. GassyGuy 21:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This has been listed on WikiProject Webcomics/Deletion. –Abe Dashiell (t/c) 15:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Individual articles for webcomic characters just scatter the content, making it all difficult to maintain and keep internally consistent. While this may be okay for the characters of popular television shows and syndicated print comics, even the most popular webcomics don't have enough eyes to do that job well. –Abe Dashiell (t/c) 15:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per Alias Flood. -- Dragonfiend 03:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete with multiple headshots as per nom Bwithh 06:37, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, failing that, Merge. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 00:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.