Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of DC Comics major characters

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. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 17:08, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of DC Comics major characters[edit]

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Title is inherently subjective/POV, and thus fails WP:LISTCRIT. Who decides what is a "major" character? Are there really 45 major subsets of DC characters? Scope of a DC character list is already covered by the various lists at Lists of DC Comics characters, so there's not much point trying to rework this. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 14:31, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Comics and animation. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 14:31, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:56, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom - We have the various other, much better defined, character lists brought up in the nomination for navigational purposes, and this particular list is extremely subjective to the point of being borderline WP:OR. Certainly none of the sources currently in the article define what counts as a "major" DC character BBB c or discusses any of this rather haphazard and random list as constituting a known grouping or set of heroes that count as DC's "major" characters. There are obviously a few characters here who are generally often described as being major characters (i.e., Batman, Superman, etc.). But again, each of these actual major characters already have their own lists (and often multiple lists) of their major related and supporting characters. Rorshacma (talk) 16:25, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per both arguments above. This in no way passes notability criteria for lists. It looks to be ordered chronologically by first appearance for some reason. Rhino131 (talk) 16:28, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, though as a WP:ATD, this could be redirected to Lists of DC Comics characters. Redirects remain cheap. BD2412 T 20:26, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't oppose a redirect, but I don't know that it's a super-likely search term. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:27, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete or redirect: As a creator and all. I myself don’t mind it going either. Definitely when I went unfinished on it. Thanks! Jhenderson⁷⁷⁷ 23:56, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per creator's comment above. There is a consensus that this isn't a discriminate topic for a Wikipedia article. Jontesta (talk) 23:53, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above (major/minor is OR/POV). We have the list of DC Comics characters. This is a POVFORK. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:42, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As some of the contributors said, we already have a List of DC Comics characters page on this website. --Rtkat3 (talk) 19:52, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This is a POV fork whose information is replicated elsewhere. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 03:13, 18 June 2022 (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.