Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robby Jackson


 * 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 Ryanverse. Clear consensus against this existing as a stand-alone article. Less clear where things fall on the delete-redirect-merge spectrum. It looks like the amount of material in the target is already about the same as for the other presidents, so I'm going to call this a redirect. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Robby Jackson

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This fictional has no WP:RS reliable sources which WP:V its general notability per the WP:GNG and WP:NFICT. Thus this subject is an unsuitable topic for a standalone article. AadaamS (talk) 17:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:24, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:24, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar  02:50, 2 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - Checked books, news, and newspaper articles, but there is nothing exceptional about this character aside from just being part of Clancy's Jack Ryan universe. Even within that universe no significant analysis has been done about the character.-- MarshalN20 T al k 15:02, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, as above, there is no secondary source coverage on this character's individual importance. I'm amenable to a merge back to a character section in some main article, but it isn't necessary. czar  16:57, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to Ryanverse now that a suitable series article exists. The character's WP coverage should be proportional to its RS coverage, if the character is used in several Clancy novels. czar  11:13, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Ryanverse. Here is a source I found about the subject:  The book notes: "There are other characters in the book, mostly male, who play a role in Ryan's growing ability to defeat the Irish assassins. Quite deliberately, Clancy draws two totally opposite African-American men. One is navy pilot Robby Jackson, a superhero and a patriot, a devoted friend to Ryan, willing to risk his life for him. (Jackson has a role in several Clancy novels.) ... Another jarring linguistic note appears in the novel with the nickname given to Robby Jackson, an African American. 'Spade,' is painted on Jackson's plane so that people know it is 'the CAG's bird' (304). Jackson also refers to himself as Spade when identifying himself to his men in flying. Again, one must wonder whether this is Clancy being humorous or tweaking the sensitivities of the reader by being the opposite of politically correct. Whatever the reason it does misfire." Manual of Style/Writing about fiction notes: "Examples of useful information typically provided by secondary sources about the original work, or primary and secondary sources about information external to the work:". One example is "critical analysis of the work of fiction, including discussion of themes, style, motifs and genre". The discussion of "jarring linguistic note" regarding Robby Jackson's "Spade" nickname is useful secondary information.  Cunard (talk) 06:28, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect as suggested and per WP:CHEAP. Bearian (talk) 19:50, 11 April 2016 (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.