Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of personifications of evil in fiction


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The result was Delete.  Nish kid 64  01:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

List of personifications of evil in fiction

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Delete - impossibly POV. There is no objective standard as to whether a character is "the personification of evil" or just a very bad person. Otto4711 00:29, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, plus it's just incredibly vague. What counts as a "personification of evil" anyway? Much less, how someone can be identified as such. -- Kesh 00:44, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Totally POV, and by any criterion also hopelessly incomplete. For example, Dracula is not included!--Anthony.bradbury 01:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete This is strictly POV. Where in the world is Lord Voldemort? Or the Exorcist? Or Freddie Krueger? Or Jason? A list like this should be behemoth, if not infinite. -- Tohru  Honda 13Sign me! 01:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * To be fair, I think the point of this list is literal manifestations of evil, not "really, really evil people". Delete nonetheless. '  (Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!) 06:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all subjective lists --Docg 01:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. JuJube 02:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per User:Tohru Honda13. Hopelessly violates WP:NPOV and non verifiable as different sources have different opinions. James086 Talk 03:47, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, clearly POV and OR.-- Dmz5 *Edits**Talk* 05:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete with no criteria for inclusion, anyone with a grudge can put their enemy on the list (i.e. massive POV issues). I also see one that would have to come off (Mr. Shadow from 5th element) as never being depicted as a 'person', just a disembodied voice.  SkierRMH, 09:43, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.   -- SkierRMH 09:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The list is somewhat useful as a pointer to non-notable characters in fiction that have articles consisting entirely of plot summaries with no encylopaedic context.   - 71.232.29.141 13:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverified and unmaintainable list, NPOV violation. J I P  | Talk 15:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete arbitrary, unverified, and POV list with no added value.-- danntm T C 20:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.--Rudjek 23:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. --Duke of Duchess Street 18:43, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: I am ordinarily a fan of lists, but "personification of evil" is hard to quantify. For example, two characters from the Chronicles of Narnia are currently on the list, and both are probably correct depending on one's POV.  Unfortunately, the necessity of involving POV at all makes this entry inherently problematic. Zahakiel 04:38, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, I don't see how one can possibly decide what characters constitute a "personification of evil" without one's own analysis, which constitutes original research. Seraphimblade 05:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, vague zadignose 12:29, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


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