Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Captain Blackadder


 * 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   merge to Edmund Blackadder. Black Kite (talk) 01:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Captain Blackadder

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This does not establish notability independent of Blackadder through the inclusion of real world information from reliable, third party sources. Most of the information is made up of plot details better suited to Wikia. The character is part of a series of similarly named characters played by the same actor throughout the series, and it is best limited to coverage in Edmund Blackadder. TTN (talk) 19:42, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Merge and Redirect to Edmund Blackadder. I don't think there's a lot of information that really can be merged without creating undo weight, but "Captain Blackadder" is a fair search term. --M ASEM  (t) 02:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Wibble per Masem.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 07:59, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep -- I have recently heard the "Blackadder view of history" referred to in relation to WWI, which is clearly a reference to this character. This one needs to be linked to Edmund Blackadder via a main template to the relevant section.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I would assume that they're referring to the series rather than the character given that WWI is the setting for the fourth part. Even if it were about the character and you added a source, it would be trivial enough that it could be ignored or just slapped onto the main article for the character. TTN (talk) 19:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * You may be right. What I was referring to was Max Hastings' programme on BBC, considering the causes of WWI. That is not a trivial allusion.  Perhaps the article should therefore be converted into an article on the WWI season of the series.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:56, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * There's Blackadder Goes Forth, which seems to include what you've mentioned. TTN (talk) 19:01, 2 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Edmund Blackadder seems to be the best course of action here. I'm not a big fan of character articles; if the simple reiteration of what happens in the episodes is taken out (much of it wrong, actually, that whole John Sergeant thing is definitely mis-remembered), there's really not much to merge to be honest. Where are the refs, etc? I almost wonder whether it's best to delete it first before redirecting so as not to leave it open to recreation in its current form. Bob talk 22:16, 3 March 2014 (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.