Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Space Kidette


 * 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 List of Beano comic strips. merge has already happened Spartaz Humbug! 07:42, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Space Kidette

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One of a vast and seemingly growing number of articles on the most minor of Beano comic strips. Whilst not disputing the value of an article with references to meet WP:N, there are lots of these that are little more than one-liners, unreferenced, and often on strips that only appeared once. Despite these being raised in the past at AfD, WP:AN and others, the situation seems to be getting worse, not better.

Merging to a single list article seems reasonable, but that needs to be a merge, not just tagging the article and then leaving it. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:03, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I have added all the information not already on the List of Beano comic strips about this strip onto the notes section on the relevant part of list of comic idol runners up. I think a redirect is preferable to a delete, but as of now this article really now just duplicates List of Beano comic strips but that article doesnt state the issue Space Kidette started. This is probably the least worthy of all the Beano comic strips that have articles in that the strip only ever appeared once. Phone-a-Fiend also only appeared once but that article does briefly talk about a similiar strip that appeared in an annual. Eopsid (talk) 14:17, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Also the situation isn't getting worse it is simply stagnant no new articles on Beano comic strips have been created since Dangerous Dan. Id even say its even getting better, I recently cleaned up some of the articles merging numerous articles about strips related to Gnasher and Dennis the Menace (UK) which previously had their own short and stubby articles. Once all the articles with merger notices get merged then the situation will be greatly improved. Eopsid (talk) 14:23, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Dangerous Dan is unusual in that it has some sources, however it's typical in that these are all primary-sourced from the comic itself. That approach to editing probably works on the Beano wikia, where these articles belong, but it's a clear fail here at WP. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:33, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 30 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I think it would be relevant to right on here that I have merged both the Johnny Hawk and Phone-a-Fiend articles to the list of Beano comic strips. Both articles were very short (especially johnny hawk which was just one line) and unreferenced and in Phone-a-fiend's case on a strip which only appeared once. Eopsid (talk) 11:11, 30 November 2011 (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.