Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Popo


 * 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   restore redirect. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:37, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Mr. Popo

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A fictional character, who I'm not so sure is even an important part of Dragonball. The similarly named Mr Popo redirects to List of Dragon Ball characters, a page that doesn't even mention the character. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  05:45, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Smerge to List of Dragon Ball characters. Not notable enough for a standalone article, but should be in the character list article. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  13:41, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. --Calathan (talk) 18:36, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Restore redirect per this previous version. The article was previously merged into List of Dragon Ball characters, so per GFDL and CC-BY-SA, we can't actually delete this article. Whether Mr. Popo's entry in the character list is restored or not is a separate matter that is beyond this AfD. —Farix (t &#124; c) 19:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Restoring a redirect is pointless, as the target article you suggest doesn't even mention the character - such a redirect would be useless. And I find it hard to believe that we can't delete the article. This isn't an office action, administrators can still access the content and its history if needed. Merge and delete doesn't really explain it very well to me, and besides, you shouldn't have expected me to hunt it down. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  00:50, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The content of the article was merged into the list back in 2007 and the later removed from the list during a cleanup discussion in 2009. Since the content of Popo article is part of the list's history, we must preserve attribution, even if the contents is no longer present on the list. —Farix (t &#124; c) 01:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * So what you are saying is that we can't delete the record of who contributed to the article as long as any part of it remains on Wikipedia, then? Thus, if an entire article was deleted and had never appears elsewhere, deletion is no problem, but since the content was previously elsewhere, the author needs to continue to be credited. I would say that if not deleted entirely, the content should probably be returned to the list of characters, but someone who knows more about Dragonball than me would have to let me know of the character's importance so I know where to put it. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  01:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "So what you are saying is that we can't delete the record of who contributed to the article as long as any part of it remains on Wikipedia, then? Thus, if an entire article was deleted and had never appears elsewhere, deletion is no problem, but since the content was previously elsewhere, the author needs to continue to be credited." Exactly. This is why all contributions are licensed under GFDL and CC-BY-SA, it gives credit to those who contributed to the article's, and later the list's, content. Even in cases of clear vandalism, we don't WP:REVDEL the vandalism except in a few exceptional cases.


 * "I would say that if not deleted entirely, the content should probably be returned to the list of characters, but someone who knows more about Dragonball than me would have to let me know of the character's importance so I know where to put it." As I previously said, that is a debate that is beyond the scope of this AfD. However, since the contents of the article was previously merged into the list, we are required to preserve the history of those who contributed the content. —Farix (t &#124; c) 02:53, 12 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge per GFDL. -- Kraftlos  (Talk | Contrib) 11:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * To clarify, it was already merged a long time ago, so really I mean restore redirect. -- Kraftlos  (Talk | Contrib) 03:37, 17 October 2010 (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.