Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tania (The Faerie Path)


 * 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. Black Kite 23:54, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Tania (The Faerie Path)

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Non-notable fictional characters from book by redlinked author. Somno (talk) 05:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

This nomination also includes:

Delete Fictional characters from a book have no encyclopedic value. Information on these character can be dealt with on the books article page, unless they are well noted in popular culture and seem to have a life of their own outside of the book.-- «JavierMC»  |  Talk  06:13, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey guys. I understand your comments about the redlinked author. I have written a letter to the publisher requesting forward to the author. I've asked him some information about himself, other books he has written and any other facts that I can include on a page for him. As for the two character pages for deletion, the characters appear in six novels, three unwritten yet. Would it be better to include all characters on a single page? I am only trying to meet the standards for character articles set by Wikiproject Novels. I do not take responsibility for the Rathina page. I intended to work on it eventually, but I am still working on Eden. --TParis00ap (talk) 00:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:29, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Received the message about the author. In that case, I won't build a page for him. There is not enough third party information to create such an article. From what I understand, he uses several aliases, but I cannot verify it. In any case, I still think this article should stay. Not that I use this as an excuse, but there is no other information about this novel or it's characters elsewhere. And while that point may be mute, consider that I created the page because I was looking for that information without the need to search the book for the bits and peices I needed. If there are others out there like me that are interrested in this information, than the information does indeed hold value. Perhaps an entire page should not be dedicated to one character, but would a single page with all the characters be a better solution? Or would putting the information on this character on the book page be more prudent? What's worthless to one person could be worthwhile to another. And I am sure this argument is like beating a dead horse, but I spent a lot of time on it. Thanks. --TParis00ap (talk) 23:11, 20 September 2008 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Stifle (talk) 00:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Sorry, TParis00ap, but you made the point yourself when you said you could not find enough third party information or other sources. That means its nonnotable and has only trivial coverage at best (this article has none currently).  Maybe use some of this information in an article about the book itself, not as a separate article. --Banime (talk) 00:46, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The book, The Faerie Path seems to have a review in PW, but the WP article seems a copypaste; I would advise the ed. to try top instead write one good article on the author, which can larger be expanded if the books prove to be best sellers. A separate article on a character in children's fiction is justifiable only for principal characters of the most important prize-winning novels, not as a matter of course. Otherwise, I doubt anyone would even use the name as a search term unless they knew the book.  DGG (talk) 04:35, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok, so if I gather all ya'alls opinions, your feel I should expand about The Faerie Path article to include more information about Tania but not the entire Tania article? Thus fullfilling reading interests without creating an entirely seperate page for Tania? What about a Character page that included all the characters from the series? Could I do that or must I compact it all onto one page?--TParis00ap (talk) 23:37, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You don't need to create a character list-article before the main article has gotten too long because of real-world information (i.e. not directly-plot-related information). This makes sure that every information gets due weight. – sgeureka t•c 19:29, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Fair enough, do as you must. I'll work on modifying the main article.  --TParis00ap (talk) 02:18, 25 September 2008 (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.