Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janitor (Scrubs)


 * 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 redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of Scrubs characters. Liz Read! Talk! 16:52, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Janitor (Scrubs)

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Many sources in the article are primary, a quick Google search does not give any sources that prove notability. If the character is not notable, I suggest a redirect and/or merge to List of Scrubs characters. Spinixster  (chat!)  14:46, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy,  and Television.  Spinixster   (chat!)  14:46, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect There is not enough SIGCOV about this character to support an article. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:39, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Scrubs characters, where the character is mentioned. The character is not notable enough to have an article.  Flutter Dash 344  ( talk ) 20:47, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Scrubs characters per lack of notability. Conyo14 (talk) 22:04, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Not enough WP:SIGCOV. Seems like an unlikely search term for a redirect, but wouldn't object to creating it. Shooterwalker (talk) 21:12, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Scrubs characters for notability reasons. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:55, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. Some content from 'production notes' about casting/etc. are referenced and might be preserved in the main article. But no reception/analysis means there is no reason to keep this for now as a stand-alone article, its FANCRUFT. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:03, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Searching for "Janitor" and "Scrubs" is going to throw up a lot of false positives... Screen Rant in 2021, Screen Rant in 2021 again. It seems the planning of the character was discussed at an event at the Paley Center for Media.  Okay, gonna hit Google Scholar .  We have one mention of the Janitor and his taxidermy in an article on animal cruelty and what looks like more substantive mentions in Public pedagogy as border-crossing: How Canadian fans learn about health care from American TV Superior-subordinate relationships found in Scrubs: A discourse analysis and Beyond sitcom: new directions in American television comedy cites the Janitor many times. I'd like for someone with paywall access to check these out, but I'm feeling okay about Keeping this one. EDIT: Google Books: Could be just a mention/example in The Improv Handbook. And here's Social Psychology: Individuals, Interaction, and Inequality Back to regular articles Cracked.com's 'Scrubs' Janitor: Why Is He Funny?  and Uproxx's Here’s Why The Janitor Was The Best Character On ‘Scrubs’ Aaaaand this article now has a critical reception section to counterbalance its large fictional biography. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:11, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * FYI, Cracked is unreliable per Reliable sources/Perennial sources. Gonna check the other sources too. Spinixster   (chat!)  05:22, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * For the Google Books sources, the Improv Handbook seems to list a scene from Scrubs as an example of sketch comedy, it doesn’t go in depth enough to prove the Janitor’s notability. Same with Social Physchology. Spinixster   (chat!)  05:27, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Was able to access some of the other sources via WP:TWL, Google and a certain other source and most of them are just brief mentions of the character:
 * The article on animal cruelty just namedrop him as an example of how he mistreats animals.
 * The Taylor & Francis one is similar, with the Janitor mentioned in the notes.
 * The Scrubs analysis mentions the Janitor in the introduction but does not mention him further.
 * The Beyond Sitcom book briefly mentions the Janitor as an example of a main character on television but otherwise mentions the Janitor only in examples about certain aspects of TV shows.
 * So they aren't really good for proving the character's notability. Spinixster   (chat!)  07:56, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Good thing the some of the others are, then (I never expect them all to pass muster). And good thing you're here. Otherwise we'd be tempted to say "good enough" in the presence of no such thing. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:57, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep Better sources are needed, but I think character pages like this are not unusual. PickleG13 (talk)
 * Character pages are not unusual, yes. Notability is a different thing. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary, so if there are not enough sources proving notability, it should not be kept. Also, please sign your comment properly with 4 tildes (WP:Signatures). Spinixster   (chat!)  09:21, 11 September 2023 (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.