Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Renly Baratheon


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 06:12, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Renly Baratheon

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After some research, I’ve noticed that this character lacks notability, and that the page itself includes no real-world or critical information regarding this character. Additionally, there has been some coverage on the character's sexuality, but only in the form of trivial mentions (with his significant other — Loras Tyrell — being the topic of discussion rather than Renly himself; check the sources on the main page). It’s best that this page is deleted/redirected due to the lack of coverage and stand-alone stories/articles/etc.. In my own opinion, I’d think it be best to delete this article, and merge some of its content to Loras Tyrell, seeing as his coverage appears to be more significant. While on the topic, I’ve also noticed a handful of other Game of Thrones-related articles (including Lord Varys, Ellaria Sand, Gilly, and the High Sparrow) also lack coverage in their articles and mostly consist of plot summaries. --Lord of Fantasy (talk) 18:08, 12 October 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, * Pppery * it has begun... 04:55, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect to List of Game of Thrones characters ; the sources are largely about Game of Thrones itself not the specific character; the only source that plausibly contains significant coverage is Reference 11, which is not enough by itself. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:55, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Moving to undecided following some of the sources presented below. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:33, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Science fiction and fantasy.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 06:59, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment What about The Middle Ages on Television: Critical Essays, p. 199-200, 204-210. This does focus a lot on the depiction of Renly's homosexuality and relationship with Loras, but it can hardly be called a trivial mention. Daranios (talk) 16:08, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep A couple of papers: 1, 2, and a pop culture analysis 3, as well as a couple more pieces on the actor following future developments in the show after his ‘departure’ 4, 5 provide plenty of coverage. It's appropriate to integrate it into the character sketch and trim plot, but this is not a new problem, nor one unique to this article. Redirection or merging are ATDs, but don't make as much sense as keeping the article separate because this character spans both books and TV adaptation. Jclemens (talk) 17:17, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The found secondary sources in total are enough to fullfill the requirements of WP:WHYN and WP:ALLPLOT. AfD is not cleanup. Daranios (talk) 17:59, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: I am convinced by the above sources that there is enough coverage to support the subject being notable enough for a separate article. Aoba47 (talk) 01:17, 17 November 2022 (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.