Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Who (Dr. Seuss)


 * 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. Already listed on the Who disambiguation page. – sgeureka t•c 06:40, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Who (Dr. Seuss)

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Non-notable semi-common element of several works of fiction. Bongo  matic  12:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC) I am open to the idea of a disambiguation page. However, I created the page so that others may add on to it. I find it unfair that the expansion of a page is forced upon a single individual, as opposed to being edited by several people. I put in only basic information with the hopes that someone else would later add on to it. Keep this in mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skydog892 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: largely OR and non-notable. Roscelese (talk) 13:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge: Merge into the articles about the books mentioned in the article. These are characters from those books and should be featured on those pages. -- BenTels (talk) 15:43, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Disambiguation page: The solution Jclemens suggests below is a better one. -- BenTels (talk) 15:47, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Make into a disambiguation page There's really nothing in common about the two types of Whos besides the name. This should be a disambiguation page, pointing to both of the books in which Whos are used. Jclemens (talk) 17:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * This is a reasonable choice. However all the page could say is that creatures called "Whos" are found in two books (and their TV specials and movies.) Anything more would be OR. Borock (talk) 04:18, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 00:43, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and Disamgbiguate/Divide Everybody who ever grew up in the US in the last 30 years knows what a Who is. Clearly lots of source material 74.115.212.27 (talk) 23:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete I was expecting to vote to keep since, as was said, I know a lot about Whos. However the issue of there being two types presents a problem. Unless a secondary source has discussed the issue WP taking it on would be WP:Original research, as worthy as the project would be. (The editor should be commended for trying.) Borock (talk) 04:06, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, merging any non-OR info (if any) into the appropriate Seuss book articles. Note that there already is this line in the Who disambiguation page, so I think we're already covered in the disambiguation department: 28bytes (talk) 06:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The "Whos" of Whoville, a creature featured in the Dr. Seuss book series Horton Hears a Who! and The Grinch
 * 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.