Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Blythe


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The result was keep. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:09, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Walter Blythe

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Notability concerns Shaneymike (talk) 17:23, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep - passes WP:NFICTION due to being a major character in a famous book, Anne of Green Gables. Kirbanzo (talk) 17:53, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:33, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:33, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment . There's no good way of saying this so I'll just say it: the 'policy' you just linked to (WP:NFICTION) literally says there's no specific policy for fiction and especially doesn't include anything that justifies keeping an article simply because it's about a major character in a well-known book. I'm leaning towards a straight redirect to Anne of Green Gables for this one but haven't decided. There's some literary characters whose impact on culture is strong enough that it is easy to find coverage in reliable sources other than the book in which they were introduced about them and those are clear candidates for articles (e.g., Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights), is there any evidence that Walter Blythe is that kind of character? Is there discussion of him in literary criticism/theory? I can't see any at present but I'm not fussed to jump to a conclusion. FOARP (talk) 22:11, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Yes, there is discussion of him in literary criticism: “Walter’s Closet.” Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 94 (Summer 1999): 7–20; Emmett, Hilary ' "Mute misery": Speaking the unspeakable in L. M. Montgomery's Anne books.', in Holly Blackford, ed, 100 Years of Anne with an “e”  (2009): 81-104 ; ' L. M. Montgomery and War ed. by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell (review)', Adrienne Kertzer, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Johns Hopkins University Press Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 2018 pp. 107-109, and the book itself too ; 'Review: The Blythes are Quoted, by L.M. Montgomery', The Globe and Mail . RebeccaGreen (talk) 04:49, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:16, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per RebeccaGreen FOARP (talk) 22:25, 26 December 2018 (UTC)


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