Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scrat

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The result was Withdrawn per sources. Clearly I still suck at using Google. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 19:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scrat

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Primary character, yes. Sources, no. Tagged for sources for 13 months and none seem to exist. Info is entirely in-universe and/or trivia (the "appearances in other media"). The only notable section is the "Controversy" header, which is given a non-neutral title and only a primary source. Outside that section, I see no reason to even bother with a merge. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 18:37, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Main character in two Oscar-nominated short films, key supporting character in three features including two of the top 50 highest-grossing films worldwide. He has been the focus of coverage in his own right such as this article from USA Today (excerpt at link). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Secondary coverage shows he is notable as a character. I'm not sure if anyone will find the article since most of us don't know his name. Kitfoxxe (talk) 19:44, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Ice Age (film series). Those who do not know the character will check the film first. --71.110.71.74 (talk) 19:48, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep- there's enough sources to justify coverage of some sort, such as this. Merge discussion can happen on the related talk pages. Umbralcorax (talk) 19:51, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:43, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:43, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable character of a notable franchise who has himself been subject of much critical commentary. For example... we have Ice Age: The Essential Guide, Cents & Sensibility, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009, Film review, USA Today, Disney, Pixar, and the hidden messages of children's films, Ice Age 2: The Movie Novel, Makin' toons: inside the most popular animated TV shows and movies, and literally dozens of other sources which discuss this character in detail and in depth.[1] Impatience with other's lack of effort is, as was pointed out to me by the nominator himself not too long ago,[2] a far better reason to make the effort oneself rather than send to deletion and so force improvement upon others. And as multiple sources exist, improvement rather than deletion, is by far the better choice in improving the project... even if does not happen immediately. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Recurring character (and running gag) in three major films, sources both listed above and in the article are sufficient to demonstrate enough notability for an independent article, but it also wouldn't be unreasonable to merge this article per the IP above--it also wouldn't be where community response this AfD is heading, though. Jclemens (talk) 01:14, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Snow Keep per above sources, and his appearance in Family Guy, which shows more notability if he appears in others shows. CTJF83 chat 02:56, 3 January 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.