Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Baxter (Last Man Standing)


 * 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. Strong consensus against this remaining as a stand alone article. Beyond there is some divergence in opinion with some arguing for a merge, but most seem to believe any worthwhile content already exists in the proposed target article. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:28, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Mike Baxter (Last Man Standing)

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Article created by sock of which seemed to only be created as they tried to delete other articles and content involving animation for being too 'coarse'. Character on a now-cancelled sitcom who is basically an archetype lead 'father' character seen on most every sitcom for decades, using 2011 'fall preview' articles to describe the development process of the series in a lax attempt to describe the character, and then falling apart in the middle with a 'type-what-I-see' recap of the character's six seasons with no sources there before finally coming back with questionable sources involving the show's cancellation. This article is basically a failed WP:POINTy WP:COATRACK trying to use a news story that's already burned out.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 20:59, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete the nomination is more interesting read then the article. Nominator should contribute to wikipedia or something Legacypac (talk) 21:19, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge to Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series) per WP:ATD-M. Neither the nom nor the above !voter articulate why a merge is inappropriate, and are thus non-policy-based rationales. Jclemens (talk) 21:36, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * What else can I say that was not in the nomination? If someone wants to merge in some info they are welcome. The nomintion will be here all week. Title makes a poor redirect and given history, is likely to be abused if not deleted. Legacypac (talk) 02:53, 31 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Everything in this article is on the Last Man Standing page or could be added to the Last Man standing page.ANDREWs13 22:43, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't see any reason to have this as a separate article. There's no space issue at Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series). Gab4gab (talk) 15:43, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete: I agree with ANDREWs13 in that all of the information from this article already appears to be in the parent page so I do not see the value in a merge. I would also be okay with a redirect. Aoba47 (talk) 13:53, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series) to preserve history, so any editor who may want to selectively merge any content would be able to do so by accessing the history. f  e  minist  00:58, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge to Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series). I don't see enough notability for the character to have a stand-alone article. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:45, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Winged Blades Godric  07:43, 7 June 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Linguist talk&#124; contribs  09:44, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Everything in the article is already in Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series) so there is nothing to merge back there. In fact the content was split out from that article in the first place. The "Development" section of the article is an almost exact copy of Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series), with only 3 words having been changed. The rest of the prose is essentially a summary of the article from which it was sourced. There is nothing at all to be gained by keeping this as a redirect. As it stands, the article violates WP:CWW because no attribution for the copy and paste content has been provided. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 18:59, 18 June 2017 (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.