Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy and the Boingers


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The result was   no consensus. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:18, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Billy and the Boingers

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In-universe, unsourced since 3/08, no hope of being sourced. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 19:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:06, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Reasonable spinout of notable comic strip. Failing that, Merge into Bloom County. Jclemens (talk) 21:10, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I have a t-shirt with them on it. They have been published in books, and throughout a long running extremely notable comic strip, and have been featured on multiple bits of merchandise.   D r e a m Focus  23:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 13:23, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Needs cleanup, but well-known fictional band with enough existence independent of comic strip (merchandising as mentioned above etc) to make it a reasonable subject of inquiry. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 20:19, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is the first time I remember seeing merchandising used as a keep reason. I have a t-shirt with my old basic training unit on it, but they don't have an article either (and they are real). A redirect wouldn't bother me. This should be no more than a section of the Bloom County article, not a stand alone article. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:47, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete merchandising is insufficient; needs significant coverage in published sources. Savidan 17:50, 20 July 2009 (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.