Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred (A Christmas Carol)


 * 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! 03:48, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Fred (A Christmas Carol)

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Is the character of Scrooge's nephew really deserving of his own article? At the very least, I could see a merge or redirect into the main Christmas Carol article. But Fred, AFAIK, has no singular impact on literary or popular culture. Regent of the Seatopians (talk) 02:51, 24 December 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:00, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:58, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Roscelese (talk) 03:35, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I was considering nominating this myself. Unlike Ebeneezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the three Ghosts, Fred has had little impact on future works. In fact, its not uncommon in adaptions to gloss over Fred's character or simply ignore him. Fezziwig faces a similar problem. If someone can find some sources (non-trivally) commenting on the character, I'd be more than happy to change my opinion. Harry Blue5 (talk) 20:53, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Why not merge into Ebenezer Scrooge? --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:01, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally, I fear it may look like clutter if Fred has his own section on Scrooge's page. That said, are there enough characters in A Christmas Carol to make a List of A Christmas Carol characters? That'd solve a few problems. Harry Blue5 (talk) 10:54, 31 December 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.