Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doctor Spectro

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 redirect to Captain Atom#Rogues gallery. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 18:09, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Spectro

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I prodded it with the following rationale: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar." It was deprodded by User:Rtkat3 with the following rationale "This is a notable Captain Atom villain. Perhaps we can put this through AFD instead." Well, we can always discuss it here, but we need sources that say he is notable (major, significant, etc.) that go beyond mentions in passing or plot summaries, and I don't see anything. Do you? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:32, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:32, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Captain Atom#Rogues gallery. That section is sufficient to cover any important information about this character, as I don't see sources that would help this article pass GNG. Rhino131 (talk) 15:07, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Captain Atom#Rogues gallery, per Rhino131. If Rtkat3 can substantiate that the topic is independently notable, my advice would be to do so. Dark knight 2149 06:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I have added a second secondary source. Those together still miss WP:GNG in my opinion, so as long as noone finds more, I vote for a merge. I think, however, it should not be simply redirected (or even deleted), because the suggested target, Captain Atom#Rogues gallery, would be improved by including the content based on secondary sources. Daranios (talk) 13:10, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge with List of DC Comics characters: D or the rogues gallery section of Captain Atom. If it is merged with the rogues gallery section of Captain Atom, the information about him will have to be placed there. Anyone who goes with Keep will have to look for sources to make it notable. --Rtkat3 (talk) 18:07, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's impossible to make something notable (related: WP:NTEMP). It either is or it isn't, and that depends largely on the criteria established at WP:N and the existence of significant coverage. Dark knight 2149 05:14, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Captain Atom#Rogues gallery, per above. Noms rationale is solid, redirect target is appropriate. // Timothy :: talk 20:45, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There are now parts based on three secondary sources to WP:PRESERVE. Daranios (talk) 16:08, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per nom, due to a lack of coverage in reliable secondary sources. No objection to merging any content after redirect. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:35, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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