Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LGBT Characters in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Universe


 * 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 of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 15:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

LGBT Characters in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Universe

 * Keep. We have Wikipedia articles on the various social themes in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer, along with specific LGBT Wikipedia articles for the Simpsons, etc.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. It seems to be a comprehensive list of every single time anything even remotely related to homosexuality appears on the series. There's significant original research dispersed throughout the article, for example: I'd vote to listify but for two reasons. Firstly, there doesnt actually appear to be enough characters in the series to justify such a list, and secondly it'd set a rather disturbing precedent. The same logic behind the creation of this article would naturally lead to List of ethnic minorities in the BTVS Universe, List of teachers in the BTVS Universe, List of times a coffee cup appears in the BTVS Universe, etc. Overall I'd vote to delete on grounds of original research and non-notability of the topic. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 15:21, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * "In the first part of the two-part episode, Welcome to the Hellmouth, there is a scene when Buffy first visits the Bronze, and is excited to see a handsome young man waving to her in the crowd, only to find out that he is in fact meeting another young man." doesnt explain how this means that either of the men are gay.
 * "Xander remarks that one of his worst fears involves Nazis, and Nazi symbols are seen in the background of his nightmare with a clown. Some fans speculated that this was a sign of Xander's possible homosexuality as being gay would explain his fear of Nazis." doesn't really make any sense at all.
 * Delete per nom. As with several other similar articles that have come up for recent AfDs, this one violates WP:NOR, WP:V and NPOV, being rife with suppositions and inferences.  That BtVS frequently referenced gay characters and themes is proven fact; this article, however, goes well out of encyclopedic bounds.  RGTraynor 15:38, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly OR, and some of these are really a stretch. Fan1967 15:41, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Needs to be burninated with the quickness. Danny Lilithborne 15:55, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, for reasons mentioned above. PJM 16:31, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per nom. --JerryOrr 17:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment On reading around the subject, I discovered Buffy the Vampire Slayer and social issues. If there's any content here to be salvaged, I'd say this is the article to put it into. GeeJo  (t)⁄(c) &bull; 19:57, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. Original research. Brian G. Crawford 20:57, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Sumahoy 01:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above.  Ardenn  04:27, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- GWO 08:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per nom, and a quick note that Buffy the Vampire Slayer and social issues is currently unanimously up for deletion. TheProject 20:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. -- ReyBrujo 22:31, 5 May 2006 (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.