Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Dent


 * 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 Merge all into List of recurring and minor Coronation Street characters, except Becky Granger and Carla Connor. James086 Talk &#124; Email 09:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Marcus Dent

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Most of these articles are "In-universe" articles (see WP:WAF) about non-notable fictional characters on the show Coronation Street. Over half the subjects have been on the show less than a year and haven't had the time yet to become notable per WP:FICT or per WP:SOAPS.


 * Added Note: A regular search of any of these turns up very little besides episode guides and ITV (the network the show is on). -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 06:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The full list of characters I'm nominating:


 * Marcus Dent - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Joshua Peacock - 3 hits on Google News, all in passing, 5 years old, no notability asserted.
 * Amber Kalirai - 3 hits on Google News, all the same, not about Amber, no notability asserted.
 * Becky Granger - 2 hits on Google News, not about Becky, 2 years on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Freddie Peacock - 1.5 yrs old, no notability asserted.
 * Carla Connor - 2 hits on Google News, both in passing, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Roger Stiles - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Doreen Fenwick - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Jerry Morton - 1 hit on Google News, in passing, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Darryl Morton - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Mel Morton - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Kayleigh Morton - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Finlay Bryant - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * John Stape - 0 hits on Google News, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Tony Gordon - 1 hit on Google News, in passing, less than a year on the show, no notability asserted.
 * Lauren Wilson - only just joined, no history, no notability asserted.

These should all be merged into List of recurring and minor Coronation Street characters, whence most of them came.


 * Delete: as nominator SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 05:23, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into "List of" article and turn pages into redirects. - Koweja (talk) 05:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect or Delete non-notable characters. RMHED (talk) 14:21, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge all of them into one article.Tavix (talk) 22:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge and Delete specific articles, by selection of article importance, quantity and importance of character history. I personally have always hated a new article made for every new character introduced, no matter what soap is in reference. Wikipedia is not a soap box, but I can see why there is an arguement for character articles to exist here. In saying that, the vast majority of those stated above I would fully agree to be merged within the "List of" article, with the exception of Becky Granger and Carla Connor, both who have sizeable history contents (even if sized down), and will only cause unnecessary clutter to the "List of.." article. Articles Marcus Dent and Tony Gordon, regardless of current show duration, I can't argue for even any sort of wikipedia existance, at least not at this current time. As has been standard practice for many months, merged articles should be redirected to respective section on the "List of.." article, rather than full deletion. Bungle (talk • contribs) 11:22, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge all of them in Recurring characters except Carla Connor who is currently in a large storyline and has a large history in the show for a character of a near 1 spell on the show, Becky Grainger also has a very large history and is a regular character and is the backbone of Roys Rolls Ant parker (talk) 21:53, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Regardless of the "size" of the storyline or the amount of time on the show, Carla Conner and Becky Grainger still have no notability by WP:N, WP:FICT, or WP:SOAP. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 04:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment With respect SatyrTN, your original proposal in this AfD was to merge the above articles listed into an article which has a purpose to provide information for "minor" and "recurring". The 2 articles in question in my previous comment, the above and your's are far from being able to be described as "minor" or "recurring". I can't stress enough how much I hate all these articles flying around, and would like it if every new character was added to the "list of.." article, but putting these 2 in would question the definition of the "list of.." article, expand it to an unnecessary length and would, in theory, need a name change to "List of recurring and minor characters and those who have been active for less than a year in Coronation Street" (ok, maybe a bit OTT, but you see my point). Try not to forget what the original proposal is you are making, and what will need to happen, should the above (of these 2 particular characters) undesirably occur. Bungle (talk • contribs) 08:55, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment I think Carla and Becky's should stay, Carla and Becky are hardly recurring as they appear more than most of the casr —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ant parker (talk • contribs) 17:19, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep some of them have potential to be more than just plot summary, but those that dont can be merged until they do. Sourced critical commentary, popularity, real world impact, information on casting, details on storylines, reception, ratings, comments from actors and writers are all things that could be added to make them comply with policy. The UK media often reports on soaps and there are regular interviews with actors, so sources shouldn't be difficult to find. Here's some I found for a brief search for Carla Gung  adin  ♦  01:03, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'd like to rescind the AfD for Carla and Becky (struck out in the list above). -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:11, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment They'll never get any hits on Google as the characters are developed if someone erases all the bios.
 * Exactly. Fee Fi Foe Fum 22:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete all remaining nominations. Fee Fi Foe Fum 22:26, 2 December 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.