Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Short-lived recurring characters on Saturday Night Live


 * 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   delete. Cirt (talk) 15:08, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Short-lived recurring characters on Saturday Night Live

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Fancruft, virtually unsourced. The name is virtually contradictory to WP:NOTABLE. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:38, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Too many entries to be useful, no information about when the character appeared in the last 35 seasons, no sourcing -- and worst of all, 100+ humorless and boring descriptions of the 100+ items on the list. This dates from the early days of Wikipedia when every article was a big wall that each passerby would write some graffiti upon, kind of like "Hey, remember Dana Carvey as 'Lyle, the Effeminate Heterosexual'?  I can remember the theme song even-- 'He walks like a girl, he throws like a girl, he talks on the phone like a girl... but he's just as straight as me, and probably as you...'" etc. etc.  This type of information makes more sense as a section in each individual season article, where one can be more detailed about recurring sketches and characters. Mandsford (talk) 13:46, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Unreferenced fancruft. Warrah (talk) 17:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I think this list needs to go, but since we're on the topic, these three articles probably should go with it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_%28listed_chronologically%29 ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_%28listed_by_cast_member%29 Tyrenon (talk) 06:46, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If someone nominates them, they would each need to be judged on their own merits. Mandsford (talk) 20:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Scott Mac (Doc) 11:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep For an extremely notable show, this is not inappropriate. In fact, I think one of the delete !votes is saying it should be deleted because of the lack of detail, which I think is somewhat odd, as that is a prime example of what can be fixed by editing.    DGG ( talk ) 03:30, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. A few sketches, such as "Lothar of the Hill People" do have secondary sources, but they can be or already are covered in other articles. Otherwise this article is a refuge for non-notable material. Abductive  (reasoning) 12:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Do not delete, although I agree with virtually every comment made by the editors above. However, the show is notable, and parts of this content can be salvaged or merged. I just don't see the need for the delete button here. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  22:35, 30 January 2010 (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.