Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Swanson

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 keep on the issue of "keep vs delete", no consensus on the issue of merging. That can be discussed on the article's talk page. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:11, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Swanson[edit]

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Only one source. I doubt that the character is entirely notable, this article has no real coverage or notability. JJ98 (Talk) 10:43, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, although being a character in a notable TV programme doesn't imply notability, I think that due to Family Guy being particularly notable, and Joe Swanson being a central character, keeping this article is justified. For consistency, I checked the presence of articles of similarly notable TV characters and found that there are articles for at least 11 characters in Futurama, and probably over 30 characters from The Simpsons. I agree that more sources are needed but I think cleanup rather than deletion is the way forward Pi (Talk to me! ) 11:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. What 'Pi' said. Lots42 (talk) 13:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge pending cleanup and proper sourcing of the character's notability. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 00:52, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Mege to the Family Guy character list. 65.95.14.96 (talk) 04:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as the character is important in a notable show. Nergaal (talk) 23:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Being associated with a notable subject is not notability. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 08:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Per Pi. Gage (talk) 18:40, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Pi's argument was that it was notable because something else was notable. A subject cannot inherit notability under any circumstances. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:08, 26 February 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, Juliancolton (talk) 23:11, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge I'm a member of WP:FG and can't find any coverage of him. Like Hippie said, merge until it can properly be expanded out. I also disagree with Pi's reasoning, of other shows having character pages. The Simpsons are well sourced with DVD commentary, books, newspapers, etc and many are FA/GAs and the Futurama ones are decent, the (arguably) 3 main characters (Fry, Leela, and Bender) have DVD commentary, along with a few others. CTJF83 20:30, 4 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.