Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dinger

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The result of the debate was No consensus. --Ryan Delaney talk 11:08, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Dinger
Simply being a character on Sesame Street does not confer notability. This character appears to be present in very few episodes and in limited capacity. Delete or Merge to Sesame Street. -Soltak 19:15, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, wikipedia is not paper. Kappa 19:24, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That's completely irrelevant to this discussion. There is absolutely no reason for a sub-sub-sub-supporting character to have their own article. -Soltak 19:26, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Since wikipiedia is not paper, there's no reason it shouldn't. Kappa 19:33, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Bravo, Wikipedia isn't paper. You know what else it isn't? A receptable for any useless garbage that pops into someone's head! -Soltak 19:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * But the point is valid. Notability is not written in the deletion policy guidelines. If we can't find a more objective reason to delete an article than notability, perhaps we should assume it may be notable to someone else. Mistercow 07:19, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Many things and people are notable to one people or a few people, but I think the key to notability here on Wikipedia for personalities is when something can be talked about in a random conversation with most people you know or just see on the street and they can note who they are. This obviously is still a little too broad for a personal policy, but it's a starting point. "Dinger" doesn't meet that qualification, he(it?) should be merged into the minor characters article. Also, is it just me, or has Kappa voted to keep in every vfd he's been in? I assume that the paper comment is on the possible limitlessness of Wikipedia since it has no specific spatial qualities. Otherwise, I wish you told me earlier because I tried to make Origami out of some articles, and it wasn't pretty ;-) Karmafist 19:49, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to a List of minor Sesame Street characters if anyone wants to bother. Otherwise, delete with extreme prejudice. FCYTravis 19:31, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Expand or merge --Tim Pope 19:53, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge as above. Wikipedia is not toilet paper, either. --Carnildo 20:24, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but rewrite. Dinger was the name of the band Andy Bell was in before Erasure.  Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  20:36, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * I like that. Could this be redirected to Andy Bell (singer) for the time being? - Lucky 6.9 00:45, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Fine with me, though the current Andy Bell (singer) article doesn't seem to mention Dinger. It's just something I happen to know. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  02:20, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as written. The Dinger is about as significant to Sesame Street as Babu Bhat is to Seinfeld. ESkog 16:20, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sesame Street, or rewrite as a dab page if the Andy Bell (singer) connection can be verified (this name isn't mentioned in that article currently). Or simply Delete if no one wants to bother making the dab page, or if there is no consensus on where to redir. In any case do not keep in the present form. DES (talk) 14:36, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The Andy Bell / Dinger connection can definitely be verified. Here's just a few examples from four completely different websites EIL's Dinger discography ... Andy mentions Dinger in an interview ... an Andy bio mentioning Dinger ... an erasure Discography with Dinger record scan  Seriously, I din't make it up.  Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  14:44, August 10, 2005 (UTC)


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