Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dread Pirate Roberts

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 The Princess Bride. There's no consensus to delete this article but the minority suggestion to redirect makes a lot of sense at this time so I'm going to do this as a personal editorial decision. Creating a character list also sounds like a good idea. Consider this a keep close. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:38, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dread Pirate Roberts

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No assertion of evidence of WP:GNG. Long flagged, with no improvement, for expansion of sources and real-world treatment. --EEMIV (talk) 21:37, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - A quick look at books.google.com lists tons of mentioned of the Dread Pirate in literature, being quoted in books on other subjects. This proves he's notable. Yes, this article needs more sources, but deletion is NOT the answer to an article needing sources. Mathewignash (talk) 21:40, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well-known fictional character, if discussed by reliable sources an article should be fine. Jaque Hammer (talk) 21:55, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:42, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:43, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:43, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - I think that sources could very well exist, and the character is notable. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 02:54, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge this and others into a List of Princess Bride characters, per our typical standard outcomes for major characters appearing in but one fictional work. Jclemens (talk) 03:31, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Either Redirect to The Princess Bride or Merge into a List of The Princess Bride characters. Does not appear to be independently notable of The Princess Bridge but I could reasonably see someone looking this up. Harry Blue5 (talk • contribs) 17:37, 10 May 2011 (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.