Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Haney


 * 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 redirect to Green Acres. Anything worth merging is still available from the history. Randykitty (talk) 13:34, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Mr. Haney

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Following my PROD over notability concerns, this was userfied for half a year, and more references have been added. Unfortunately, I feel that GNG is still a problem. The new article now sports two sentences that are not a simple plots summary: "The character is used as a euphemism for a swindling salesman or conman." and "Buttram was inspired to make the character after meeting Col. Tom Parker, Elvis's manager, on the set of the movie Roustabout a year before the series" but this is not much (and the first sentence is confusing, to me at least, and ORish - what source states this? The most reliable one here is a passing mention describing him as a "con man"), and the references in general mention the character only briefly (WP:SIGCOV problem). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:02, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  05:02, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to Green Acres, where the character is already included. Despite the appearance in the current article of having a number of sources, very few of these are from reliable sources - there's pieces of fiction, a crossword puzzle, several blogs, etc.  The one or two sources that could actually qualify as reliable have pretty much no coverage of the character, simply mentioning he was a character on the show.  What little coverage exists that isn't just plot summaries of episodes he appeared in is certainly not enough to warrant a WP:SPLIT from the main article on the series, where the character is already covered.  Rorshacma (talk) 23:59, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Green Acres.4meter4 (talk) 01:33, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Appears in numerous references works such as Television Character and Story Facts; Shooting Stars of the Small Screen; Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L; &c. It seems that the character still has some currency in contemporary political debate and so our readership should be kept well-informed. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:42, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a quotation that illustrates that the sources you mention contain WP:SIGCOV of this character? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:52, 5 July 2021 (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.