Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Historical characters in the Southern Victory Series


 * 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. Geschichte (talk) 10:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Historical characters in the Southern Victory Series

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This article consists of a very long list of historical people who are somehow mentioned in a work of fiction. The entries generally consist of random trivia or minor plot points, and most of them are only a line or two long. The article has two citations, one of them a dead link, and no incoming links other than redirects and other lists about the series. I don't believe this is notable or appropriate content for Wikipedia. Andaphantie (talk) 03:40, 19 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 03:52, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 03:52, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

The following articles are also nominated:

The latter two lists have multiple issues flagged already and share most of the issues of the "Historical characters" list. However, they're more fleshed out in terms of content and I could see an argument that, assuming the material is notable enough, they're worth keeping. In light of the accepted merger proposal on Southern Victory, I find it unlikely that it qualifies as notable enough. If these lists are kept, they should still be trimmed massively and possibly also merged into the parent article. (As a side note: the merger was decided six months ago, but does not seem to be implemented. Possibly the articles to be merged should also be incorporated into AfD?) Andaphantie (talk) 03:54, 19 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete- It would be a horrible idea to load the encyclopedia up with lists of "Historical characters in Suchandsuch" and "Fictional characters in Suchandsuch" for every work of fiction involving time travel or alternate history. We'd end up with endless clutter. Some things are just, by their nature, not suitable for an encyclopedia and these articles are among them. Furthermore, they are poorly sourced and excessively detailed. I suggest Wikia would be a better home for this content. Reyk YO! 07:40, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete All - There are no reliable sources that cover any of these topics as a group or set, so it fails WP:LISTN. There is no information on any on the nominated lists that is being cited to reliable, secondary sources, so there is nothing to preserve or merge.  Rorshacma (talk) 19:16, 25 October 2020 (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.