Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional vegetarian and vegan characters

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The result was delete. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:47, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional vegetarian and vegan characters[edit]

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~~Seems we already have List of fictional vegetarians,~~ (See below) Fails GNG & IMHO it's unencyclopedic, -
→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 15:07, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

delete The provided list was a redirect, to a section that doesn't exist anymore. That said, I think this fails WP:LISTN; I haven't found any reliable sources that generate such lists. Additionally, inclusion criteria is not clear; do fictional characters have to identify as vegetarian? What if one episode shows them eating meat? What happens if, they are vegetarian, then a new book comes out and they decide to eat a hot dog? Ultimately I think this goes a step too far in terms of listing fictional characters by some attribute of their eating behavior which, if we look at real-life vegetarians, changes over time.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 15:52, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment re the edit history. List of fictional vegetarians became a redirect to List of vegetarians in January 2011 [1], but the fictional characters were deleted from that list in April 2013 [2] following talk page discussion now located at Talk:List of vegetarians/Archive 3#Fictional Characters...?. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:03, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out, I wasn't aware, As merging/redirecting is now pointless, per Obi-Wan Kenobi deletion's the only solution. →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 17:13, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eat - WP:LISTCRUFT and WP:IINFO says it all. Even if it were sourced, maintaining this page (as well as the older one) would be too difficult. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 22:42, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The deletion history of Category:Fictional vegetarians has some relevance; three prior CFDs (check its log for links). postdlf (talk) 01:09, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and restore the previously merged-and-deleted content into this list. This is not an unencyclopedic cross-categorization. Jclemens (talk) 02:29, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Jclemens. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 03:03, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- this is clearly a trivial and unencyclopedic cross categorization. In the absence of an encyclopedic article on vegetarianism in fiction, it's not really possible to claim a list of individual examples has any merit to inclusion. Reyk _YO! 07:37, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Strikes me both as list cruft and also as completely harmless and somewhat entertaining. Live and let live, etc. No policy-related opinion either way. Carrite (talk) 17:34, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Reyk. Until this becomes a topic of academic or social inquiry, there's no reason to have a list on it. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:59, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Vegetarianism in popular culture, a more plausible article. Bearian (talk) 21:12, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 01:24, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Google (e.g. search for vegetarianism in fiction or vegetarianism in popular culture) shows that there are some sources discussing this, but really only in blogs and forums. If someone's written a book or scholarly articles about the presentation of vegetarianism/veganism in media/art/fiction, a move or keep would be possible. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:09, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But let me know if you find any good sources. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:11, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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