Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fictional atheists

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The result was Bizarre adventure. The AfD is being closed many years later, because it was never properly closed back then, because it was never visible, because it was never transcluded on any of the daily logpages. Technically, it has still been open this whole time.

Nobody else could ever be admitted here, because this door was made only for you. I am now going to shut it. jp×g 22:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC) (non-admin closure) ===Fictional atheists===


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A little while ago, the category "Fictional characters by religion" as well as it's subcategories were deleted. The reasoning for this was that it's unlikely that people will look for characters based on what religion they adhere to. You can review the the discussion here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_February_24#Category:Fictional_characters_by_religion Personally, I disagreed with the decision to remove the "Fictional characters by religion" category, but I trusted that the opinion of more experienced Wikipedians was superior to my own. And since it's been concluded that these Wikipedians are right, don't their arguments also apply to fictional characters who do not believe in any religion? It was concluded that in the case of characters for whom religion is a defining trait, that there are better categories that can be used. This also true of characters who are nonbelievers. Take Rorschach for example, simply putting him in the Objectivism category is far more useful than inclusion in a category for atheists. Calling him an Objectivist is more specific, and says more about what beliefs actually motivate the character. Atheism by itself leaves his motivations vague since it has no dogma attached to it. And as with specific religions, a character's atheism isn't usually what the character is known for. In Clone High, Joan of Arc's atheism is just a joke, and doesn't effect the show anymore than Homer Simpson's Protestantism effects The Simpsons. Ash Loomis (talk) 20:38, 10 March 2008 (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.