Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of one-off characters on South Park (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 Delete &mdash; if you wish parts of the article to merge into episodes, then request the deleted version. --Haemo 18:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

List of one-off characters on South Park
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Trivial dumping ground for anyone that has appeared one time on South Park. There is already a minor characters list, where relevant characters should be. RobJ1981 06:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep, WP:NOT. --Borgardetalk 07:06, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, Wikipedia is neither toilet nor tissue paper. This nomination is right on point, and I share the view to delete. Burntsauce 22:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - This list is NN - any special characters that absolutely "need" to be mentioned can be mentioned at another appropriate, existing page. The list is rampant with fair use images, and the content contradicts the article's title "List of one-off characters on South Park" - some of the characters have appeared more than once, such as Chris, Jenkins (The Griefer), Damien, Luigi and Bradley (Which were featured in double episodes, so why are they included if they are meant to be one offs?). Considering South Park is a waay off finishing, this list could be endless and really isn't relevant or encyclopedic. Delete - Spawn Man 08:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - by its very definition, it fails WP:N. OK, so it's kind of funny that Bart Simpson has appeared in South Park, but, as there is already a similar list and asthe characters haven't really earned notability (given that they've only appeared once each), I think this list is pretty much redundant. Voxpuppet (talk • contribs), 08:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, trivia. Every episode has an arbitrary selection of random one-offs.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  09:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Pointless trivia.  Wikidudeman  (talk) 14:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, because the subject is from a notable show, the article survived the first nomination with 8 keeps to 2 deletes, the article is well-organized and is visually pleasing, a large number of editors have worked on it thereby demonstrating that deleting it would only turn off a number of contributors who dedicated time on the article, the article is not a hoax, etc. Best, --  Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 15:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment None of the arguments above are legitimate according to Wikipedia. Where are the references showing that these characters are notable? Where are the references that show that one-off characters on this show are notable? Without legitimate sources, the topic - and the characters - are not notable. MarkBul 16:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Useful to those who are interested. M.V.E.i. 21:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, well referenced to the show and verifiable. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 22:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into their respective episodes (e.g. Damien into Damien, Bart into Cartoon Wars, the Mole into BLU) Will (talk) 22:06, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete An excellent example of "excessive detail". Guy (Help!) 22:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete If we had a detailed story about every character who made a one-time appearance on "The Andy Griffith Show", would it be a keeper? Unfortunately, there's an expectation among many people that Wikipedia should have articles about individual episodes of TV shows and articles about each regular on a TV show or a film.  Thus, the argument will probably be made that this is "far better" than having individual articles about each one-off character.  It's kind of like the way we get excited when gasoline drops to "only" $2.50 a gallon.  Back in 2003, we hadn't broken the $2 barrier yet.  Mandsford 22:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete random trivia, open ended list. Move content to a southpark wikia and delete.  ALKIVAR &trade; &#x2622; 22:41, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Exessive detail? Is that not what a encyclopedia is for? Viperix 17:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge worthwhile characters into the South Park characters article. My primary concern here is that there has most likely been much back-and-forth between this article as-is, so we probably need to retain this edit history for GFDL purposes, in which case I would suggest a protected redirect to South Park characters.  Yamaguchi先生 23:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Keep The detail is strictly needed and useful for people who need the information, its also ver useful for juddging episodes. MJN SEIFER 12:53, 18 September 2007 (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.