Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boy next door (stock character)

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The result was redirect to Girl next door. Clear consensus not to keep, with redirect being a reasonable WP:ATD. Content remains in the history if there's anything sourced to reliable sources to merge. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 04:57, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Boy next door (stock character)[edit]

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This article faces some edit warring and recreation after my attempt to make it a redirect, so I would like to put it to rest. The topic of a "boy next door" is not independently notable except as a rarer derivative of "girl next door" and fails WP:GNG. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 13:52, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 13:52, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 13:52, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 13:52, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I don't see how this is less notable than Girl next door. A merge might be possible but only if a suitable title can decided on to encompass both archetypes. Sources do exist for "boy next door" e.g. Typical Men- The Representation of Masculinity in Popular British Cinema By Andrew Spicer which contains extensive coverage (e.g. the Middle-Class Boy-Next Door pages 88-94) .----Pontificalibus 14:16, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Does not rise above the level of a slang dictionary definition. Guy (Help!) 18:48, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I did try to rescue the article, but I failed to find reliable sources which discuss the subject in depth, or give a definition, or at the very least say that it is a stereotype, so that it cannot even be merged into GND. Staszek Lem 21:04, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Girl next door as it is a variation on that stock character. This source supports this with a passing mention about the boy/girl next door character type. I do not believe there is not enough coverage for a separate article, but I could see this being a viable search term and a brief mention of the "boy next door" being a variation on the "girl next door" could be added to the target article to accommodate this. With that said, I could also understand a deletion. Aoba47 (talk) 01:52, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Girl next door, with a line of explanation of how this came to be used towards the opposite sex. bd2412 T 04:43, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A narchetype essential to a complete encyclopedia. With a "see also" to girl next door.-- Deep fried okra 05:49, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There's no sources to even confirm it's a term that should actually be noted. Redirect if there are any sources confirming its usage. TTN (talk) 14:46, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Girl next door as an {{R from gender}}. There are other similar cases: Widower redirects to Widow, Magical boy to Magical girl, and It boy to It girl. Cheers, gnu 57 16:19, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense to me. Aoba47 (talk) 22:46, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Girl next door - the source given in the article TV Tropes, says that Boy Next Door is a Distaff Counterpart or Spear Counterpart, "creating an equivalent that's mostly the same except for being the opposite sex" - as the article has no other sources to establish notability, it makes sense to combine Boy next door with the Girl next door as they are essentially the same concept - Epinoia (talk) 02:16, 31 August 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.