Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelson, (Life On Mars)

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. Nothing to merge (basic info is already there), nothing verifiable to keep, and typo makes it an unnecessary redirect as well. Fram (talk) 12:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson, (Life On Mars)

Non notable fictional character. Harland1 (^t/_c) 19:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep but expand and cleanup. Main page for Life on Mars (TV series) states character appeared in twelve of sixteen episodes. That being said, however, I've never seen the show so I'm not sure how significant those appearances are. Moreoever, the article reads like a fan site, has limited information, and no sources, so it needs some significant cleanup. -- Redfarmer (talk) 19:20, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Life on Mars (TV series). I see little or no indication that independent reliable sources support a spearate article for the character. The description in the cast section of the main article can easily be expanded if any of the information in this article is verifiable and non-trivial. If kept it does need to be moved to eliminate the comma from the article name and to clarify that it's a character from the UK series and not the upcoming US remake. Otto4711 (talk) 19:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Very Weak Keep, Cleanup, and Rename to Nelson (Life on Mars). He's an important character in the series, but the tendency on AfD these days is against individual articles on fictional characters, places, weapons etc - I see no overwhelming reason why this particular character _needs_ his own article. Tevildo (talk) 19:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I guess I'm confused. If there is no need for the article and there are no reliable sources for it, what is the basis for keeping it? Otto4711 (talk) 19:53, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - * smiles * - Hence the "Very Weak". If you want to AfD (say) Harry Mudd or Grand Moff Tarkin, characters of equal significance in their respective universes, then be my guest. Tevildo (talk) 20:18, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nothing worth keeping, even a redirect would be of virtually no value. A minor character in a TV show, absolutely no real world notability. RMHED (talk) 20:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to a deletion instead of a redirect, especially since the comma makes this unlikely as a search term. Otto4711 (talk) 16:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as wholly unreferenced w/o evidence of notability. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 16:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Doubtful that reliable, secondary sources exist. Doctorfluffy (talk) 17:48, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with List of Life On Mars characters. --McGeddon (talk) 13:54, 6 January 2008 (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.