Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Children of Days of our Lives


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 19:34, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Children of Days of our Lives

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There is already an article at List of Days of our Lives characters, but my attempts at redirecting there have been reverted twice. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 05:25, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Keep This article should not be deleted. The notability can be proved, these characters appear in almost every episode of the serial. That's why they have there own separate article. Sami50421 (talk) 05:29, 13 June 2010 (UTC) editor has since been blocked as a sock of User:Gabi Hernandez.

Keep Characters are hardly not notable. Most of them appear in almost every episode, and some are the children of famous supercouples such as Bope, and EJAMI. Gabriela Hernandez 05:33, 13 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabi Hernandez (talk • contribs)


 * You haven't explained why there need to be two articles. Especially when this one has improper capitalization.  Everard Proudfoot (talk) 05:34, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There is two articles needed, because these characters serve a bigger purpose. Sydney was the major focus of a huge storyline in 2009. The point is they serve a greater plot point. Gabriela Hernandez 05:37, 13 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabi Hernandez (talk • contribs)
 * What is the bigger purpose? Why can't these characters be added to List of Days of our Lives characters? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 05:39, 13 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete There is no need for this article; soap opera children are usually used only for plot device and cuteness purposes and the few that been grown into the show already have their articles. Also noticing that there are quite a few non-free screencaps that add nothing to the article from random sources; these also have to go.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 05:48, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is some consensus for having Lists of characters, Lists of recurring characters, and Lists of minor characters, but I have not seen consensus for any other sort of character list. Also, these child characters will fit into the either List of Days of our Lives characters or Minor characters of Days of our Lives. Abductive  (reasoning) 08:45, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It actually sounds like you're suggesting a Merge outcome, which is what I would suggest as well. Jclemens (talk) 20:41, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not familiar enough with these characters to know if they are "minor" or not. Is split merge an option? If there is no sourcing, there is nothing to merge. And I don't like the title. Abductive  (reasoning) 02:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Is this Wikipedia or Soap Opera Digest? This article is strictly for soap fanboys. The main article on the show is more than sufficient. Regent of the Seatopians (talk) 11:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:58, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:58, 13 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Completely unnotable and unnoteworthy element of a soap. This is not the Days of Our Lives fansite, despite repeated attempts to make it so. None of these fictional children of fictional characters are notable, nor is the topic as a whole noteworthy. As already noted, they are a short term plot device, and who their fictional parents are or how many episodes they appear in is irrelevant. They have not as a whole or individually received any significant coverage in reliable, third-party sources, and this soap already has far too many character lists. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 19:03, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. List of Days of our Lives characters does not appear to allow for more information that the name of the character and who played him or her, however, I do not think there is enough on each of these characters to warrant separate articles. I would be OK with merge to Minor characters of Days of our Lives. Not sure why this article could not be transplanted there. Location (talk) 22:51, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is already a List of Days of our Lives cast members and a List of Days of our Lives characters .  Child actors and the characters they play can go into these articles.  For a work of fiction, it is plenty.  --Fartherred (talk) 00:33, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:INUNIVERSE.  Written entirely in-universe, which is against WP MOS, which notes ; " Real-world perspective is not an "optional" quality criterion but a general, basic requirement for all articles."  Presenting "biographies" of fictional characters is not what WP is about.  With no real-world content, it fails WP:N, since there are no reliable secondary sources. Gwinva (talk) 04:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- fancruft. No reliable sources, the article is almost entirely in universe and it's a collection of trivia. Not what an encyclopedia is about. Reyk  YO!  10:10, 20 June 2010 (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.