Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of character-based film series


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The result was delete. The SandDoctor Talk 06:14, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

List of character-based film series

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I set this decade-and-a-half-old list for deletion for the following reasons:


 * 1. It appears to be trivia for films named after their characters. We may as well create more lists such as "List of platform video game characters who cannot jump" or "List of Pixar box office bombs" (when in fact there is only one).


 * 2. It does not make much sense either. If I were a casual reader browsing encyclopedias like this, I would expect to find some meaningful content, from United States and American Civil War to List of Star Wars characters and Disney. As I pointed out earlier, this list seems to be trivial and only serves to tell us, "Hey! This film is named after one of its characters."

I apologize for what may seem like a slap in the face to and other, if any, closely interested editors. They probably will admit 15 years after the page's creation that it is not compatible on Wikipedia. If there are any reasons to keep the article, let me know. Gamingforfun 3 6 5 00:07, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. MarginalCost (talk) 01:08, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. MarginalCost (talk) 01:08, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. This is WP:LISTCRUFT. Character-based film series seems like a trivia term, not even covered in detail anywhere else. Ajf773 (talk) 01:42, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 02:09, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. The article probably would have worked had it been referenced or actually went into detail as to how each entry was "character-based", but not in this current state. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:44, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Oh dear, this defines inclusion quite poorly, per nom. How many film series aren't based around main characters? That sounds like the narrower list. Reywas92Talk 08:13, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree with Reywas92, this list is quite arbitrary, regarding lists, this is quite the exemplary useless list, without a good reason to be Garlicolive (talk) 02:59, 3 April 2019 (UTC)


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