Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of other fictional detectives

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The result was delete. Shimeru (talk) 13:45, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of other fictional detectives

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This list does not define what is meant by "other", so there is no clear inclusion criterion. And none of the individual entries are sourced; we don't even know if the fictional characters on it are detective at all "other" or otherwise. Reyk _YO! 10:15, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to List of Fictional Detectives. I suspect this list was created because if you search for "List of Fictional Detectives" [1] you get all sorts of results like historical detectives, and police detectives, but no general list. Perhaps this article could be the names of all the other articles compiled into one. That would change the purpose of the article, however, since "Other" would not be in the title name anymore, so would be equivalent to starting an article from scratch. Aditya Ex Machina 11:18, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete What I see here is a list of fictional characters who won't be on the "list of fictional private investigators" or "list of police detectives", but who do investigation and deduction as part of their work. Thus, Ben Matlock a lawyer, Kolchak a reporter, Batman a costumed superhero, etc. Two problems I see are that (a) the reason for this "miscellaneous" category is that there is no list of fictional mystery solvers, and these are divided into different articles; and (b) it's a matter of opinion as to whether a person, who doesn't refer to himself as a detective, is a detective. Perhaps the problem would be solved by a change of title, but there are only three pieces of information for each entry (name, creator, debut) on these lists, so they could be consolidated into one article with different sections, rather than into different articles. Mandsford (talk) 12:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
See also: Category:Lists of fictional detectives. — Rankiri (talk) 13:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:35, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:35, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Rename as List of fictional detectives and delete most of the current entries. Unless they are identify themselves or are referenced as detectives, you're venturing into WP:OR. Also, as a side note, merge List of fictional historical detectives there too. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:08, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, rename List of fictional historical detectives as List of fictional detectives, and add Arsène Lupin from the Other list. The others seem to have other primary occupations. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:52, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Rename How about we rename this to List of Fictional Detectives and put links to the other lists in it. Then we have a full list, with sublists, rather than a weird 'other' list. As stands, this isn't very useful, IMO. But, since we have the existing specialized lists, it does make sense to have detectives that DON'T match one of those lists placed somewhere, like here. Adding another column to the table describing what the detective does/specializes in would make sense, too.David V Houston (talk) 14:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This should be combined into one article with separate sections. There should not be two articles. Truthsort (talk) 23:43, 16 April 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.