Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gamling


 * 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. Redirect at editorial discretion. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:10, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Gamling

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The article as it is written lacks any sources. It makes assertions like "this is not actually his name", unless we can find somewhere where Tolkien explicitly says this, we cannot claim it. The Wikia article on this character does have a reference to the LoTR companion. His role is not in any way substantial, and this is not wikia. We do not cover every person mentioned in a work (despite our article on Queen Berúthiel. My search for reliable, secondary sources on Gamling came up with nothing. While he does seem to have an expanded role in The Two Towers as opposed to the books, in part because of reimagining on the proper interactions between king and troops, it still does not rise to a role that is significant enough to the plot of the film to justify an article on him. John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:33, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:58, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fantasy-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - An extremely minor character in the LotR. As mentioned, there are currently no sources being used in the article, and a lot of the content appears to be WP:ORIGINALRESEARCH.  Searching for any kind of sources that discuss him turns up nothing in-depth.  He's not even mentioned in the article for the novel of The Two Towers, and is only mentioned in the cast list in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, making neither one an appropriate redirect target.  Rorshacma (talk) 17:09, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Battle of the Hornburg. Gamling is too minor to have his own page, but he's mentioned at the Battle of the Hornburg page (better known as Battle of Helm's Deep), and his in-universe significance is mostly in relation to that battle, so it's a good redirect target. Hog Farm (talk) 18:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fancruft without even a single reference. Fails GNG in any case. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:29, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails GNG. TTN (talk) 01:32, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Faolin42 (talk) 18:33, 29 November 2019 (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.