Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Patrick Flaherty

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 without prejudice against material from the articles being used elsewhere responsibly. Skomorokh, barbarian 11:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Patrick Flaherty

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Absolutely no sources for out-of-universe notability. Only sources are episodes or trivia lists. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 16:39, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect both to Spin City for a lack of sources. I'd go "weak keep" on Flaherty if the article mentioned the 1 Emmy and 3 Golden Globes won by Fox for playing the character but, alas, it doesn't. youngamerican (wtf?) 17:11, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no indication that this fictional character is the subject of independent reliable sources. Redirect is not a good option for the Winston article because there are two fictional characters and a real person (who probably is notable as a TV producer) that share the name. Otto4711 (talk) 19:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which is exactly why I called for deletion, not redirection. There are other Randall Winstons that may warrant an article, but this ain't one of them. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 19:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:35, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Otto. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 22:23, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Spin City as Michael Patrick Flaherty is a reasoable search term that would merit a DAB page per Otto's reasoning, and will then take readers to where the character has its notability. If it were sourcable to the extent as is possible for James T. Kirk or Hawkeye Pierce, I'd say keep... but as it is not, a redirect best serves the project. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 18:53, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect or better, merge. The confusion of names is no reason not to--that's what we have disam for. DGG ( talk ) 00:10, 30 September 2009 (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.