Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tattooed Man


 * 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   merge to List of minor DC Comics characters. v/r - TP 22:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Tattooed Man‎

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Contested PROD. The fictional characters as a topic do not have significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, so they do not not meet the general notability guideline. There are no reliable secondary sources that give reception or significance to the fictional characters, so any article about them can only be a plot-only description of a fictional work and an indiscriminate collection of information. Of the cited sources within the article, only one provides analytic and evaluative claims, but these claims are not about the characters, they are for the comic book, which is reviewed in the provided source, with no claims for any of the fictional characters. Even so, a single source is no evidence of significant coverage. A quick search engine test does not show anything different to presume that the three characters, either alone or in group, deserve a stand-alone article. Jfgslo (talk) 22:45, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Jfgslo (talk) 22:47, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Jfgslo (talk) 22:47, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - If not kept, redirect/merge to List of minor DC Comics characters is a better course. Perhapse something that should have been proposed prior to PRODing and then AfDing. - J Greb (talk) 15:22, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 02:10, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Character is in The Encyclopedia of Super Villians (p.357).--Crazy runner (talk) 07:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Is quite notable, appearing in sources such as 500 Comicbook Villains, The supervillain book and The encyclopedia of super villains. Warden (talk) 09:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Passes WP:GNG, legnthy and delatiled enough, no guidelines violated. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 04:21, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of minor DC Comics characters. Most sources are primary, and the others fail to assert sufficient notability to satisfy me that the GNG is passed. "Lengthy and detailed" and "no guidelines violated" are not reasons to keep; appearing in 500 Comicbook Villains, The Supervillain Book and The encyclopedia of Super Villains don't make the character notable either. There's no evidence of any real-world significance to the character; this B-list villain isn't sufficnently notable to warrent anything more than a list entry. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:32, 29 October 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.