Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Spectre Appearances


 * 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. Michig (talk) 09:39, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

All Spectre Appearances

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Article is a database of appearances of a comic book character. As Wikipedia is not a directory, the article should be deleted. Odie5533 (talk) 06:23, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, a textbook example of Wikipedia is not a directory. This is just a list for the sake of being a list. J I P  &#124; Talk 06:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a directory that covers non-notable topics. TBrandley 08:30, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The Spectre is a notable character, so that doesn't help us here. postdlf (talk) 21:15, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The Spectre is notable, but the topic of the article is "All Spectre Appearances". I don't think that is notable. --Odie5533 (talk) 07:54, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Spectre (comics). Fortdj33 (talk) 20:42, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 20:54, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 20:54, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete, this is excessive detail and some of it trivial (for the acronym-hungry out there, probably more WP:IINFO than WP:NOTDIR, FWIW). For comic book characters, it's appropriate to have in a fictional character's article a bibliography of titles about that character, but only in abbreviated form, not issue-by-issue as this does. Longstanding consensus at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics (which I agree with here) is also that listing every appearance in every comic book is unnecessary and not encyclopedic because it does end up being trivial for many characters who have had many such appearances, most of which don't accomplish anything lasting in terms of developing the character. Here, we're dealing with a 70-year old character that DC Comics has frequently trotted out as a deux ex machina in other superhero titles. postdlf (talk) 21:15, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as completely unreferenced. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Huh? It's nothing but references, with issue numbers and cover dates. postdlf (talk) 07:19, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that is a good take on things. --Odie5533 (talk) 07:54, 1 December 2012 (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.