Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Olaf, Minnesota


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The result was   merge to Rose Nylund. I'll send the redirect there as well for the time being with a note linking to the real St. Olaf--feel free to change this target if there is consensus to do so. -- jonny - m t  01:36, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

St. Olaf, Minnesota

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Non-notable fictional community mentioned repeatedly by a character in The Golden Girls. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No less notable than Lake Wobegon;, but I think this would be a Merge to Rose Nylund, with a redirect to follow. Particularly since it's unlikely that the article about Betty White's character would be deleted.  For those unfamiliar with the show, saying that the community was "mentioned" is an understatement, somewhat like saying that Bill Cosby would sometimes mention that he had a brother named Russell.  As a comedienne, White was at her finest when she would tell her bizarre stories about growing up in St. Olaf, and these were eagerly awaited by fans of the series.  Mandsford (talk) 13:34, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge I agree with Mandsford - this should likely be moved into Rose Nylund. Addionne (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Rose Nylund per Mandsford. It's notable more as the backstory of a notable television character than as a place in its own right, so it doesn't really need its own independent article. Bearcat (talk) 16:34, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge I am just repeating what the previous editors said. Outside of being a punchline on The Golden Girls, it has no notability elsewhere. Ecoleetage (talk) 17:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I would be of the opinion that simply merging this content into the main article would negatively impact that article. The content appears to be just past the notability threshold as are many topics that relate to works of fiction but ~given the amount of content relating to this specific topic, I would disagree with merging the content into the Rose Nylund article.&#124;► ϋ r b a n я e n e w a l ◄&#124; (talk) 19:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  20:03, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Uh... Redirect to St. Olaf Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. There are no sources to back up the information here (except, perhaps, the show itself, a primary source), and no real-world importance (it is all "in-universe" per WP:FICT).  I don't disagree with merging some of the information back to Rose Nylund, however anyone wants to do it... but in the end, the redirect should go to the real town.  Mango juice talk 14:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to The Golden Girls. If it's a fictional city on a show, why would we redirect it to a character. This makes more sense. Wizardman  21:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)


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