Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Kelly (NYPD Blue)


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The result was merge‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of NYPD Blue characters. Liz Read! Talk! 22:47, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

John Kelly (NYPD Blue)

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Fails WP:GNG. Character that was in under 30 episode. Article is all plot. Cant find anything good. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 22:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Police, Fictional elements, Television,  and New York. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 22:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment LA Times still has content on Caruso's exit from this role. That was on the first page of a Google search, so I suspect there may be more. Jclemens (talk) 02:57, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment - The problem with that source, and many others in reliable sources I'm finding, is that they aren't about the fictional character as much as they are on the actor and the real-world consequences from his exit from the show. Great sources for David Caruso's article, but not so great for an article on John Kelly. This article, from New York (magazine) and this one from the NYT were the best two I found so far that actually do talk about the character a bit in addition to the actor, though they still aren't super great in that regard. Rorshacma (talk) 05:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Coverage of one is coverage of the other. We don't judge why RS'es cover fictional elements, just whether and how they do. Jclemens (talk) 03:42, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Coverage of the actor, David Caruso, is not coverage of the fictional character, John Kelly. The article from the LA Times you linked is entirely about the real life actor, David Caruso, and his career. There is no actual information on any fictional elements in it. Rorshacma (talk) 04:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Merge to List of NYPD Blue characters - As I still have not found any better coverage of the character, and I don't believe the couple of articles I mentioned above are sufficient to support an independent article, I'm going to go ahead and formally recommend a Merge to the main character list at this point. As the character list currently has no information on the character, just a link to this article, a basic summary of the character should be merged over. Rorshacma (talk) 02:04, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Merge if you can properly source it. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:50, 25 May 2024 (UTC)


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