Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Man Who Worked in the Garden

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The result was delete. czar 01:55, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Man Who Worked in the Garden[edit]

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Sadly, I can find no evidence that the gardener in Bill and Ben has been discussed in reliable sources, making this an essay. I find only the occasional adjective such as "sinister" and one suggestion that the Flower Pot Men stole their clothes from his potting shed. The only reference supports the class distinction in time of main meal (see U and non-U English), but does not deal with the character himself. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:19, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - with regret! I enjoyed this little essay ("the reference to “dinner” helped to establish the man’s working class credentials"), but as the nomination says it does appear to be a bit of original research. Also, I'm afraid this unseen non-speaking character really doesn't justify a separate article. However, the description of the Flower Pot Men is more entertaining than the main series article: "The invariable setting for The Flower Pot Men was the “beautiful garden” surrounding a large English house (though it was introduced as a “little house”). Whenever the “man who worked in the garden”, as he was always called, went “inside the house to have his dinner”, two puppets with strange elocution, made from flowerpots, came out to play. They were Bill and Ben, who lived in very large adjacent flowerpots bearing their respective names, between which grew a large plant, similar to a sunflower (helianthus annuus), called the “Little Weed”. Bob talk 19:15, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 05:02, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - with regret, not notable. PhilKnight (talk) 22:26, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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