Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy characters (2nd nomination)


 * 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 no consensus. Randykitty (talk) 19:46, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy characters
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Only 1 reference and 35 characters listed. Anything relevant can be moved to other articles. Paper Luigi T • C 04:38, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete - fails WP:LISTN; any worthwhile content can be merged to the main article Spiderone  11:20, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, this is a typical split-off article from a notable television series article, so insisting on the notability of the characters as a group apart from the series is missing the point, if not nonsensical. Obviously the characters of a series need to be described in order to have comprehensive coverage of that series, so the only options are to keep as a stand-alone list or to merge to the series article, not to delete outright. It's clearly too long for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy to incorporate it (even if the entire recurring or supporting characters sections were removed), so stand-alone it is. postdlf (talk) 00:45, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ifnord (talk) 02:54, 3 January 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep The page has room for improvement. Merging it with the main article would make that page run on too long and lack cohesion.Trillfendi (talk) 03:21, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. All this is sourced to a single book?  That contains one passing mention of one of these characters?  Maybe it's just me, but I see no claim to notability, and all this extensive text, laden with OR and fancruft, justified by that one cited source, seems ludicrous.  --Lockley (talk) 20:01, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak keep The TV series is clearly notable, and this list of characters is too long to include in the article about the series. I have found some sources for the characters, though not, in my online searches, a complete list. This article 'Midway Battles Its Way into Retail with Release of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy(TM) Video Game; One of Cartoon Network's Top-Rated Shows Comes to Game Systems' on Business Wire refers to 15 characters that appear in the videogame based on the series (it names Grim, Billy, Mandy, Hoss Delgado and Fred Fredburger). This review of the video game 'Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Game Boy Advance) - Review'  also says you can choose one of 15 characters - apart from the 3 main ones, I think it only mentions Toadblatt.  This article 'Designing Meaning with Multiple Media Sources: A Case Study of an Eight-Year-Old Student's Writing Processes' in Research in the Teaching of English Vol. 41, No. 4 (May, 2007), describes a child's writing and the teacher asking about where the idea for the characters came from (mentions the main characters and Mr Snuggles, Granny and Screamy Meamy). The book Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010  includes summaries of two episodes of Grim & Evil, the precursor of The Grim Adventures ..., and the characters in them, including Dracula, of course. There were also toys and figurines made, which are now collectable. I have not searched under the name of the series in other languages - that might well bring up other sources. RebeccaGreen (talk) 07:04, 17 January 2019 (UTC)


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