Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minor characters in The Railway Series


 * 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. No policy-based arguments to keep. ansh 666 04:43, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Minor characters in The Railway Series

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Contains only plot summary from fictional works (WP:NOTPLOT). No third-party coverage, no apparent notability of this (sub-)topic (WP:LISTN).  Sandstein  16:37, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 04:46, 19 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Strongest Delete: Per nom. When we blur the line between reality and fiction we get minor characters with a Wikipedia page that depicts real world elements in fictional settings and predominantly sourced with primary sources. The title states it all: "Minor Characters...". A "character" that only appeared in one book, James The Red Engine, "and was never seen again". Two unnamed red engines as well as a host of other minor characters indicate that "IF" these cannot be covered in a parent article they are simply a collection of indiscriminate information. Otr500 (talk) 23:58, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:20, 20 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:BEANS. The Railway Series is notable, and this seems like a good place to collect cruft so it doesn't spread further. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 05:13, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no evident need for a minor and major characters article, even the minor characters page admits it's basically fancruft. Major characters in The Railway Series should simply be moved to Characters in The Railway Series.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 13:32, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Do not you see the obvious significance? Really? Leave the article. -Victoria III (talk) 23:15, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Reply: I see that anyone possibly wanting to look up a "minor" fictional character of a book series can be redirected to a section of the main article. I also see that a "keep !vote above refers to this subject as "cruft" and and a place to keep it from spreading. That is three editors (including myself) out of five so far that consider this fancruft. I also see that the inherent quest to expand this encyclopedia has to have some boundaries or we end up with unsourced minor characters such as The Small Controller. I also see an article with primary sourcing. If something is not considered of encyclopedic value (such as fancruft) it should not be on Wikipedia in a stand-alone article as it is considered an indiscriminate collection of information. Otr500 (talk) 11:20, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


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