Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Franklin


 * 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. This is completely unsourced so merging and redirecting seems inappropriate. Spartaz Humbug! 05:31, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Dr. Franklin

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No independent reliable sources exist that establish the notability of this minor fictional character. Fails WP:GNG and WP:PLOT. Prod removed by an editor who, in the course of removing PRODs at the rate of three or more per minute, suggests redirecting. Since any number of "Dr. Franklins" exist both in life and in fiction, redirect is an absurd suggestion as there is no logical redirect target. No one is likely to search for "Dr. Franklin" regardless of the target. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 22:10, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. He was also one of the biggest characters in Babylon 5. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.175.13.12 (talk) 22:47, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Um, this article has nothing to do with Babylon 5. It's about a mad scientist who appeared on a couple of series in the 1970s. But your comment points out with perfect clarity the absurdity of the existence of this, as either an article or a redirect. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 22:50, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge into the Bionic Woman article, or a list of characters for that show. Your point about the disambiguation is well taken--I have no objection to this page being a disambiguation to various notable and/or covered "Dr. Franklins".  Note also that an IP address has tagged the article for rescue with no explanation. Jclemens (talk) 23:02, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. The evil Dr. Franklin was essentially only in a 2-part episode. Stephen Franklin of Babylon 5 has his own article, and there are three PhD's in Franklin (surname), so there's no obvious redirect. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:59, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:22, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:22, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Appeard in just a handful of episodes. Turns up nothing in Google News (I don't use "Google Web" because that brings back unusable sources). Google Scholar brings up 4 results, but he really only appears in two of them, and from what I can tell looking at them he's more of an ancillary mentioning next to the Bionic Woman.   BIGNOLE     (Contact me)  12:17, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for Rescue by the Article Rescue Squadron.   Snotty Wong   confer 21:46, 12 July 2010 (UTC)


 * CLARIFY: The article under discussion here was tagged for Rescue by anonymous IP 32.175.143.93 in seeking assistance with its improvement.  05:44, 8 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge to The Six Million Dollar Man and/or The Bionic Woman. No indication of notability to require its own article, but a mention would be appropriate in the aforementioned parent articles.    Snotty Wong   confer 21:46, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Entire article appears to be original research. -- Pink Bull  02:10, 18 July 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.