Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hunter Van Pelt

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The result was redirect to Jumanji. T. Canens (talk) 02:56, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hunter Van Pelt

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This article about the fictional character from Jumanji has exactly 0 reliable sources (indeed, no cited sources at all) and seems to be pure original research based on fictional material. My effort to find sources produced nothing to indicate the character is independently notable. He is rarely mentioned, usually just in passing in discussions of the film. (Note: Google News searching will produce some hits about real people with the same name, who should not be confused with the subject of this article.) RL0919 (talk) 15:58, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Jumanji, as seems to consist only of WP:OR, and probably arent enough sources to make it a viable article on its own. He iro 18:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Jumanji, as subject is non-notable as per the general notablility guideline. I would suggest deletion, but the page gets quite a lot of viewers, according to this. Guoguo12 --Talk-- 21:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While not adverse to a sourced merge and redirect, the rather iconic character of Van Pelt, recurs a a major influence in the 1981 book, the 1995 film, the 1995 Milton Bradley board Game, and the 1996-99 television series... as as this character is covered in multiple books,[1] such seems to have him tickle at meeting WP:GNG... and as sources, these might be used to clean up and source the article through regular editing. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 02:03, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I would not deny that the character is mentioned in sources that describe the plot of the movie, and Google searching will reveal that. So it is verifiable that such a character exists in various media, and that information could be included articles about the movie and subsequent derivatives (the character is not prominent in the original book). But I'm not seeing the "significant coverage" in multiple secondary sources that is called for in WP:GNG. --RL0919 (talk) 02:15, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - And I am not proposing a keep, nor that GNG is absolutely met. It's just that "delete" is the only option a nominator usually seeks at an AFD, and we do have other suitable options worth discussion beyond a flat deletion. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:26, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
'Redirect at this point, since there is no sourced material to merge, but it's a somewhat likely search term. I presume that even if suitable sources can be found, they will not be enough to support a separate character article. They might help the film article or TV series article though. – sgeureka ^t•c 11:39, 25 October 2010 (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.