Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barliman Butterbur

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The result was redirect to Bree (Middle-earth). Sandstein 08:23, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Barliman Butterbur

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Butterbur is a minor character in The Lord of the Rings. His main function in the plot is forgetting to deliver a letter. His part in the story is adequately explained in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King. There is further information about him at Bree (Middle-earth) and Minor places in Middle-earth#The Prancing Pony. Yes, the article does give some information about his name, but, given that he is a minor character, this is trivial. There is no reason for this article to exist. Jack Upland (talk) 07:48, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:20, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge a small amount of information into Bree (Middle-earth) The character owned an inn in the fictional village of Bree. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 18:56, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I have moved information about the inn from "Minor places" to the "Bree" article.--Jack Upland (talk) 06:59, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails NFICTION/GNG. Too minor to have his own article. Possible soft delete by redirect to some list of LoTR characters, but I am questioning the value of list of minor stuff that will eventually get axed anyway. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:03, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think he can be covered by the Bree (Middle-earth) article, which describes his inn. We really don't need an article about him.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:20, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Middle-earth characters#B. Goustien (talk) 00:48, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Goustien, that list is a list of articles. I don't see how we can redirect there.--Jack Upland (talk) 00:51, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Bree (Middle-earth) where the character is already mentioned. Aoba47 (talk) 17:25, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fantasy-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 13:35, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Bree (Middle-earth). -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:53, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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.