Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real-life superhero


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The result was Withdrawn. Warden (talk) 17:18, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Real-life superhero

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This article is terrible. I'm embarrassed that my city is mentioned in it. These people are NOT super-heroes, they are ppl wearing costumes. I know you want some policy for deletion, so it fails WP:N. (Minor point WP:OVERLINK was apparently never read by these editors either). Possibly this could be redressed with a name change for this article (but to what?)?  Despayre  tête-à-tête 16:07, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. This nomination is frivolous. The last sentence of nominator says it all. Subject is notable [yes, WP:N) by any measure being discussed in numerous reliable sources, AND, by the name of the article at present. OK, they aren't "real" super heroes, since they don't have superpowers like Superman and Spiderman, but you know what? Those aren't real either! They are comic book, fictional characters only (I'm sorry to have to break this to whomever harbors notions of what "real" super heroes are). __meco (talk) 16:19, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Meco, you make my point again, there *are* no *real* superheroes, having an article with that name is ...wrong. But as Joel pointed out, there is actually a valid reason for it anyway. --  Despayre  tête-à-tête 16:56, 31 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep I agree the page needs lots of work. But, I don't think that's a reason to delete. Obviously, they are not actually super heroes. But, apparently, this is how the community come to be known. So, it seems like the most likely search term to be used for this topic.    Joel Why?  talk  16:20, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep - The topic obviously is obviously notable and passes WP:GNG. Examples:, , , . The nomination states falsely that this topic somehow "fails WP:N", when this clearly is not the case. Northamerica1000(talk) 16:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
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