Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Confidant

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The result was withdrawn. (non-admin closure) SSTflyer 03:37, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Confidant

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WP:NOTDICTIONARY. No evidence this is an encyclopedic topic. SSTflyer 15:22, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

• Keep. There are plenty of sources that discuss the concept of the "confidant" as a character in literature. See, for example, this article, this book, and this book. Just was we have articles for Protagonist, Antihero, etc., we should keep this article and develop it with available sources. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 16:47, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
• Keep – This is an article about a concept in literary studies and not a dictionary definition. I can find plenty of scholarly coverage. @SSTflyer: I've replaced the WP:Example cruft in the article with a brief, referenced section on the concept's history. Does this solve your immediate concern with the article? —Nizolan ^(talk) 23:49, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. —Nizolan ^(talk) 23:50, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. —Nizolan ^(talk) 23:50, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

• Keep User Nizolan has greatly improved an article that at the time of nomination seemed to be original research. ShelbyMarion (talk) 13:27, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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.