Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American advertising characters

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The result was keep all. Daniel (talk) 00:33, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of American advertising characters[edit]

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These pages simply list traits. For the List of American advertising characters, they only list characters that just so happen to be advertised in America. Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 23:13, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep Lists are part of Wikipedia, and, like it or not, these kinds of detailed lists are part of our culture. The reason given for deletion also doesn't make sense. What is "under utilized" even mean? The specific list mentioned above, List of American advertising characters, gets 80–90 hits a day. That's not "under utilized." Also interesting that proposer has gone about killing links to this article. That needs to be explained. (Not sure why this would be done before this discussion—that he has started—has even begun.) GenQuest ^"scribble" 03:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@GenQuest: It was my mistake on removing the links. When I searched for links for the article, there were only about a few characters that actually linked to the articles. In my mind, I was thinking that most of the characters featured on the list did not have it linked back to List of American advertising characters. Thus, the articles almost seemed like a WP:GARDEN to me. Furthermore, the articles don’t go into that detail regarding the characters; it’s merely a simple list of characters that just so happen to have that one trait. I initially discovered the articles when I noticed that non-American characters were included in the American characters article as seen here. Finally, a good chunk of the characters featured in the article are not notable enough to have their own articles. Such as AMC’s Clip or Hostess Brand’s King Ding Dong. Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 06:48, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I also undid all my edits. Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 06:54, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think those issues can be addressed through local editing, and/or selective merging. GenQuest ^"scribble" 08:06, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all. What's the beef? "The most memorable advertising characters ever" (MSN), "Top Ad Icons of the 20th Century" (CNBC), etc. show this is a listworthy subject and satisfies WP:NLIST. A few of the entries seem a bit suspect (Is Blu the Bunny really national in scope?), but that's a matter for cleanup. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:13, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:50, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep No severe issue with the list. ArvindPalaskar (talk) 08:12, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all - all of them contain notable entries, so, at the very least, they have a navigational purpose. It's quite clear from comments above that the topic itself could pass notability guidelines as well, even if the current sources in the article don't establish that yet. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:40, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. These lists seem to pass all of WP's guidelines with no problems. Grutness...wha? 10:48, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Mascots for advertising is a clear notable thing, and lists, delinated by country for ease of size, make a lot of sense. --Masem (t) 14:38, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- The only comment I do have is that the list should start by character, then product/company, given the title. Eg the way it is formatted now, so that one product may have multiple characters listed with it, may make sense for things like, say, McDonalds, but as a user/reader, I'd expect to search on character to find the product, not vice-versa. But that's a format concern, not a deletion reason. (Also, there 100% needs to be versions for Japanese and other Asian countries; coming from video games, I can tell you that the use of Mario + Sonic there came out of advert characters for other products in the Asian regions and while those may not be sourced as well in english-level sources, they will exist.) --Masem (t) 14:42, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep all, the nomination is incoherent, mistaken, and confused, and doesn't even pretend to be based in guidelines or policy. No point in leaving this open any longer. postdlf (talk) 15:20, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Not sure if it was a good idea to nominate all these lists in a single AfD. Each of them may have different merits. Raymond3023 (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all Plenty of blue links so a valid navigational list. Also these sorts of things get coverage. Dream Focus 05:13, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all Lists fulfill a navigational need. Besides advertising characters are notable both as individuals and as a group or set for a list. So advertising characters by country or region is a valid subset. Also, since some multinational advertising plays in many countries or regions, characters in one region might also be relevant to another region, so could appear on multiple lists. These lists are notable in their own right. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 00:36, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Masem. Could use some clean-up, but it's a clear and discriminate topic, and looks to be verifiable and notable. Shooterwalker (talk) 02:34, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Not seeing a deletion criteria. Dark knight 2149 06:56, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This page should not be up for deletion, it meets WP policies as stated by many prior users. LindaSaunders (talk) 12:05, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Can someone speedy keep close this? GenQuest ^"scribble" 18:31, 10 March 2021 (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.