Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fictional history of Deadpool


 * 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 after triming back to Deadpool (comics). The Placebo Effect (talk) 16:08, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Fictional history of Deadpool

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Gigantic, unsourced plot summary article about a fictional Marvel Superhero &mdash; something Wikipedia is not. There are no reliable sources which indicate the real-world notability of a biography of a Marvel Superhero &mdash; though the character itself is notable. Urge deleting this article &mdash; a merger is also possible, but this is too much. Haemo 04:11, 1 December 2007 (UTC) Merging after paring it down sounds like a great idea. There's nothing wrong with giving people who might be curious about a popular character background information, but we don't want to turn into William Morrow, summarizing things from other media and getting sued.71.191.42.74 (talk) 04:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into Deadpool (comics). --Brewcrewer 04:18, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to Deadpool (comics): Per the nom. Complete, and unnecessary plot info.  The content should be greatly reduced prior to the merge though, removing things that a sufficient source cannot be found for. - Rjd0060 04:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: The content was split from the Deadpool (comics) article because it was way too big. If someone has the time to reduce and merge, that would be great, but I think it may be easier to start from scratch.  Also, most of the later content is more relevant to the Cable & Deadpool article and there is no need to have it in both. ~ Dusk Knight  19:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into Deadpool (comics) and Cable & Deadpool, per nom, but only after reducing detail greatly. (I didn't think that splitting it was a good idea in the first place, due to the fact that I just knew that this would inevitably happen and someone would AFD it as "unsourced," since the content relies entirely on the primary source.)  Rdfox 76 00:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletions.  -- Hiding T 23:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and do not merge. The Deadpool (comics) article is actually better without a plot summary.  WP:NOT says "A brief plot summary may sometimes be appropriate as an aspect of a larger topic."  Plot summaries are neither required or encouraged.  Note: article was spun out fromDeadpool (comics)  in the first place, and I suspect this will begin to grow again to state it is currently in. --Phirazo 18:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)


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