Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of minor Animorphs characters

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The result was Delete. Mike V • Talk 06:31, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of minor Animorphs characters[edit]

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The selection methodology for these lists are not in line with established practices. A "list of characters in a fiction franchise" type article does not list every minor character that has ever appeared in the franchise; instead it restricts itself to the main characters and the recurring, plot-important secondary characters. Look at List of Naruto characters, for example. That series is massive, and that is reflected in the the number of characters in that list. However every character in that list is either a major recurring character with significant face time across several books/seasons, or a major character that appears only in one plot arc but has an important role and significant face time across that plot arc. When putting together that list, there are dozens of characters that didn't make the cut. Looking through these lists, almost every entry is of a "monster of the week" type character; someone or something that appears briefly, has a minor role, and then is never heard from again.

There is room for a List of Animorphs characters article, and the articles in the "Secondary characters" section of the infobox at the bottom of these lists should be merged into that page. Perhaps one or two entries from this list should also make the jump. However near-universally, these are characters without any real notability, and therefore do not warrant inclusion.

The pages in this deletion nomination are:

List of minor Animorphs characters
List of minor Andalites
List of minor Hork-Bajir
List of minor humans (Animorphs)
List of Ketrans
List of minor Yeerks

Sorry for the long deletion rationale, Sven Manguard Wha? 05:13, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:16, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable list subject. Nwlaw63 (talk) 22:23, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Man...Animorphs...that takes me back. Anyway, almost all of these characters appeared in one or two books. Definitely no need for an article about them. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 04:33, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't see the problem. These articles are all bounded lists, and as the series is complete, there will be no problems with people adding new names to the list. Though I agree the characters aren't independently notable, items in list articles don't need to be independently notable unless it is a boundless category such as List of people with autism spectrum disorders. —Soap— 01:08, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There seem to be quite a number of characters in the series, so it is unlikely many of these need to be covered in a list of important characters. There doesn't seem to be much incentive to merge them given the rather poor quality of the writing, so nothing will be lost in case someone wishes to ever actually make a proper, encyclopedic list. TTN (talk) 17:48, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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