Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Law of Economy of Characters


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The result was   delete. Randykitty (talk) 11:36, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Law of Economy of Characters

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Is this really a notable concept? Ebert made it up and wrote it in his book, but there really isn't anything else to say about it. Brainy J ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 17:07, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:NEO. Looking in Google Books, I do not see very much mention of the term outside of Ebert's own works. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 18:16, 10 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep/merge Other writers have made similar points - see Chekhov's gun, for example. The concept might be merged into foreshadowing, per WP:PRESERVE. Andrew (talk) 20:40, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
 * , my concern with merging is that this term comes from a movie glossary by Ebert. That glossary has a lot of other terms that he came up with. Another one is "Law of Economy of Instruction", for example. In other words, this term is not something he coined then focused on in his book. He reeled off a string of clever terms. So we should evaluate if this particular term has value to independent sources. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 12:19, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's nothing to merge.  It's a dictionary definition with a primary source.  We need secondary sources to establish notability, and citing primary sources does not do that.  Could be redirected to Roger Ebert or foreshadowing.  This isn't TV Tropes. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:51, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
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