Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

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 keep. Natgoo 19:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

The entirety of the page is just a summary of the movie, and includes some parts that the writer aparrently made up, i.e. the Beast's human name. The page is therefore redundant and pointless, and contains some bad information. EDIT-- Since my initial complaint was lodged, the article has been redone to include her other appearances. It's fine now, save that there's a very long synopsis of one movie, and "Prince Adam" is not mentioned in the movie or its screenplay. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edmundog (talk • contribs) 16:40, 20 Jul 2006 (UTC)

Delete There isn't a need for a seperate page for a character in Beauty and the Beast. Anything relevant can be added to the Beauty and the Beast article. --Porqin 16:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Cuñado - Talk 17:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Beast's name is indeed Adam, according to Dave Smith's Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia. — Mike 17:59, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are countless articles on Wikipedia about fictional characters whose storylines are clearly explained in the article about the story in which they appeared. The Belle page is no different. And I would never, I mean NEVER make things up about anyone. I said Beast's name is Adam because I have seen it stated on the IMDb.
Comment I say we give the article 4-7 days and see how it turns out, then vote. It's a brand new article, give it some time. KojiDude (talk) 20:48, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Looks like a real article. Georgia guy 20:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I told you I could do it. I suppose we can keep the article now, can't we? Jienum
Merge to Beauty and the Beast (1991 film). Danny Lilithborne 22:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:FICT (major character), although possibly shorten some as it does read like a plot summary in parts. She's appeared in more than one movie/game, so a merge wouldn't be appropriate anyway. BryanG^(talk) 23:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Per BryanG's reasoning re: merging not appropriate and WP:FICT citation. — Mike 00:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but cut most of the plot summary from the article to streamline it into more encylcopedic prose. Voice of Treason 00:31, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but trim as suggested above. Notable Disney character that has appeared in a number of forums. Some of the stuff (like Beast's name being Adam) needs to be verified by a non-IMDb source. 23skidoo 01:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If we delete this, then why shouldn't we delete or merge every article about a fictional charector or place into the main article about the game/movie/book/show. Or if we think that fictional charectors should be deleted, then people involved in projects should have their info merged into that article. Deleting this is heading down a road that Wikipedia should stay far away from. Wikipedia's False Prophet holla at me petition 16:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. You can't merge into Beauty and the Beast because the Belle character appears in several films. --Aguerriero (talk) 21:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Belle is a great character. People would wanna know about her. --User:Angie Y.
So now that people have stopped voting, I shall now remove the deletion notice on the Belle page since most users claim that it should remain.Jienum 17:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, though I'd like to see more external references. --Elonka 18:21, 25 July 2006 (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.