Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Bland


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The result was delete. ST47 (talk) 04:04, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Roy Bland

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No indication of notability for this fictional character. ... disco spinster   talk  22:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:49, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Toughpigs (talk) 02:01, 15 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment there are some references in academic sources, but I don't have access at the moment to see if these are more than passing refences, e.g.
 * “Cognition, Character and Corpus Stylistics.” Corpus Stylistics: Theory and Practice, by Dan McIntyre and Brian Walker, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2019, pp. 181–207. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvggx49p.12. Accessed 15 Oct. 2020. (Quote: "we might observe an aptronymic element to the surname Bland")
 * ALLEN, BROOKE. “Playing with Archetypes.” The Hudson Review, vol. 65, no. 1, 2012, pp. 108–114. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23241332. Accessed 15 Oct. 2020.
 * “Codes: SELF-EVIDENT MEANING IN NARRATIVES OF INTRIGUE.” Intrigue: Espionage and Culture, by ALLAN HEPBURN, Yale University Press, NEW HAVEN; LONDON, 2005, pp. 49–78. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npcxq.7. Accessed 15 Oct. 2020. (Quote: "Even minor characters in this series have a smell of the library about them: Roy Bland, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...)
 * Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:46, 15 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails NFICTION. I tried to check the sources above, but I can't get access to them, and in fact I can only confirm that the subject's name appears in the second one - and the snippet suggest it is just a passing mention. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:32, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - Unless the above are shown to be sufficient, this fails WP:GNG. TTN (talk) 21:08, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


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