Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/It (character)


 * 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   keep. Stifle (talk) 08:38, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

It (character)

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Not notable without substantial coverage in independent reliable sources discussing the character outside of the novel/mini-series. Prod disputed with as "Decline PROD, consider redirect or merge." (Is that a claim that the character IS notable?) SummerPhD (talk) 01:20, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - Redirects are cheap (though it is an unlikely search term). Nothing worth merging: it's ALL from the book. - SummerPhD (talk) 01:22, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * if kept it should be renamed to pennywise... since "It (character)" is highly ambiguous, what with Cousin It, etc. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 03:12, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep/Delete The article creator is a relatively inexperienced contributor operating in good faith, but at the same time copying and pasting text from other articles is not article writing, this is just a partial duplicate. Pennywise is notable, IMO, there are several book sources such as, , , but unless the article creator or someone else is willing to replace the copied material with the start of an article on the clown itself then I don't think it should be kept around. I'm very open to other solutions, however, hence the perverse !vote. Someoneanother 05:52, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and strip to a stub well, i really dont like most of the articles on fictional characters, as most of them dont show commentary outside the characters fan base if anything at all. It, however, is a major character in a major novel by a major writer, portrayed by a major actor in a poorly made but significantly creepy film. Tim curry brings things to life, and he made this character memorable. most of the content of this article is unsourced and original research. My preference in an article like this is to give a very brief character sketch, with no speculation on its nature beyond the words committed to print by the author. then, at least one mention of the character somewhere outside fandom, which i think we could find. I suspect my voice will go unheard among the fans (i am a "fan" in other areas, and i try to not let that dictate my editing work), but i thought i would say my piece.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:58, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:48, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep as PROD decliner. I look at this, and didn't see a clear merge or redirect to the film or the book, hence my preference to keep this notable character separate.  No objection to cleanup. Jclemens (talk) 15:54, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm not going to bother looking for sources, because I'm done with King, but it's my educated guess as a long term pedian that sources exist for this major villain from at least two major media releases. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 03:26, 21 July 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.