Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glossu Rabban

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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Alpha Quadrant ^talk 04:31, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glossu Rabban[edit]

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Minor character in the Dune series and does not have significant coverage outside of the films and novels. Sadads (talk) 11:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Character was major enough to appear as a credited role in both movie adaptations of the award-winning novel, and some of the later, cheezy prequels. Note that "Beast Rabban" redirects here, and is the more usual name for the character. Multiple Google News entries, multiple non-fiction references at Google Books (the first page is mostly the primary fiction, hence me linking to the second page of results), and Google Scholar reveals a gem or two like this. Finally, there's no good cause for deletion, because a merger to somewhere else (e.g., House Harkonnen) is clearly preferable to a deletion under Wp:ATD. Jclemens (talk) 16:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 16:02, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 16:02, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 16:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The article may need work, but certainly all of the primary characters in 1965's Dune are notable!— TAnthony^Talk 22:31, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The fictional character does not appear to have notability by itself since it appears that there is no significant coverage in reliable third-party sources. Google hits, be it in the main search engine, in Google Books or in Google news, are trivial mentions, reviews about the plot of Dune or any of its adaptations or primary sources. No reliable secondary source treats the fictional character in detail so it does not meet the criteria of the general notability guideline. The article itself is a plot-only description of a fictional work, so, with no critical commentary or real-world notability, there is no reason to keep the article. Dune is notable, but notability is not inherited to every content fork related to it. Jfgslo (talk) 18:53, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 07:40, 6 March 2011 (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.