Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of EastEnders spin-off 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 Keep. Davewild (talk) 08:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of EastEnders spin-off characters[edit]

Spin-off series themselves should be covered in the EastEnders article, while the characters from those show should be covered in their respective character articles, if they are notable enough. A list of the spin-off characters is unnotable, WP:FICT that is just regurgitating WP:PLOT. Collectonian 21:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletions. —Collectonian 21:08, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is no cause for this character list to be deleted. The list would not be suitable to include in the main EastEnders article, and the characters dont have their own articles; they were merged into a list because we felt they were not notable enough for their own articles, and we wanted to comply with policy at the time. When combined, the list of characters has potential to be more than just plot summary, so it should not be deleted.21:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gungadin (talk • contribs)
Keep per Gungadin. There is potential to be more than just plot summary. ^anemoneI_projectors 21:59, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It is far preferable to have a list of these characters, than a separate page for each of them, especially when the characters are often not sufficiently notable for a separate page. We have routinely been creating these "list" articles, per WP:SUMMARY, since there's too much information for the main show articles. --El on ka 22:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Highly trivial, unsourced and fails notability. I understand the desire to create this, but this list belongs on a fansite. Creating a list in order to overcome the creation of trivial articles is not an adequate solution. The programmes in which these characters appear are not notable enough to have their own articles on Wikipedia. Even the BBC site given as a source doesn't provide any information on the first character, Albert Beale, other than that he was the husband of Lou Beale. SilkTork *SilkyTalk 22:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, for now and let the WikiProject dedicated to EastEnders work out what to do. Fee Fi Foe Fum 00:15, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, it's too large for the main article. The characters should have one article for all of them, like Elonka said. Midorihana _(talk)_(contribs) 00:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Don't know if this will change anyone's views, however while looking at the EastEnder Project page I noticed List of EastEnders television spin-offs. List of EastEnders spin-off characters would seem to just be a replication of that article, and of the two, List of EastEnders television spin-offs seems to be the better one. So I'm expanding my nomination to also include the possibility of redirecting/merging to List of EastEnders television spin-offs. Collectonian 01:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- If the decision made is to not keep the article, I would prefer it to be merged to List of EastEnders spin-off characters than deleted entirely. ^anemoneI_projectors 18:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:WAF, WP:FICT, WP:RS, and WP:OR. Ridernyc 22:45, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is an acceptable use for a list. Lawrence Cohen 23:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Gungadin and Elonka. Bláthnaid 09:42, 6 December 2007 (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.