Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quint (Jaws character)


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The result was No consensus. I encourage editors to use their prerogative to merge the content. Stifle (talk) 19:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Quint (Jaws character)

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Minor role in a single movie, content can easily be merged into Jaws (film) or a list of Jaws characters DBZROCKS   Its over 9000!!!  12:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. ff m  12:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge I disagree that this is a minor role. However, there is not enough here to warrant a seperate article.  -- Blind  Eagle  talk ~ contribs  13:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete A significant role, but says nothing much that the parent article doesn't already. The JPS talk to me  13:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per above. There are only a few instances where a character in a film merits an article, for no matter how notable the film may be, everything we know about a particular character is drawn from 2 hours of observation, after which there is nothing else.  This article does try to go further, with a comparison of the movie to Benchley's novel, and some speculation about a real-life inspiration for the character.  Pluses are offset by the gratuitous reference to the USS Indianapolis and the IPC stuff. Mandsford 16:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per all above. Most info is already included in the film article. The two most important sections, Inspiration and In popular culture, can easily be merged to improve an already Featured article. - Mtmelendez (Talk 18:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete we can't just merge it to the film article, there is a book boys and girls! Either way, the character isn't that famous. Alientraveller 20:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If there's a book article, Quint can't be merged into the film article? To the extent the character is famous, it's because actor Robert Shaw made "Quint" the second most interesting character in the film.  Shaw was one of the few people who could literally make people laugh by running his fingernails down a chalkboard.  Mandsford 21:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * As much as I too love Shaw's performance, that's biased. Alientraveller 07:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Well "character isn't that famous" is biased as well. Besides, didn't he make the top 20 of some 100 greatest movie character list? Parjay ► Talk  15:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per all above. Parjay ► Talk 15:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of Jaws characters as per the deletion nominator's proposal. Revolutionaryluddite 05:21, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The content is unsourced and Jaws (film) is a featured article that doesn't really have a place for this information. The portrayal of this role doesn't seem to have received specific comment from reliable secondary sources. I can't see content worth merging and it doesn't seem worth creating a list of characters in Jaws for this one character. WjBscribe 16:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable or mergeable. Mbisanz 19:06, 28 September 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.