Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hoopy the Bear


 * 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. Mango juice talk 16:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Hoopy the Bear

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Based on the following web searches: the article subject appears to lack significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject, and so doesn't comply with the notability guideline. PhilKnight (talk) 00:24, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: I have never actually participated in an AfD, so I hope I am doing this right. You are right. Hoopy the Bear contains no real notability and lacks any sort of coverage. Hoopy was used in one issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series (issue #55) and was never mentioned again in said series or any other area of the franchise. Hoopy is essentially an extra and as such lacks the notability required for his own article.kingdom2 (talk) 01:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: While I would also normally support a merge, Hoopy the Bear has no suitable article to be merged into. The best option would be List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters, but that article is for recurring characters in the franchise, and in order to be included, a character has to meet these rules, which is a compilation of the existing consensus at the time it was written. If the decision were to be merge, I do not know where Hoopy would go. Also, the fact that it is "doubly fictional" ascribes it no real world notability. kingdom2 (talk) 17:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yep, only in one issue, no refs and therefore no real world notability. Consider combining with Buffyverse wikia for all the buffyverse fans.Bsimmons 666  (talk) Friend? 01:48, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge Shouldn't be removed from Wikipedia all together; is noteable for (A) being a focus of a Buffy comic and (B) being doubly fictional, possibly. The timeline has Hoopy appearing from before fictional Dawn was actually 'real'. See discussion page on Hoopy article, as long as article lasts. Lots42 (talk) 05:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 04:42, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Very minor character with no real-world notability. More of the article is given over to discussing the issue of Buffyverse canonicity than to the character itself. Frickative  06:20, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge I agree that deletion would be a shame. It's not notable enough for its own article, but should be merged with the main. Nja 247 (talk • contribs) 06:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 03:26, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 03:26, 20 November 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.