Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toby Ziegler

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 non-consensus, without any objection to renominee. WP:NAC Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 21:11, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Toby Ziegler

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My redirect was undone, claiming that simply being a main character in The West Wing is automatically notable. This is not true. This character fails WP:GNG. Merely appearing in a notable work isn't enough per WP:NOTINHERITED. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 15:50, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of The West Wing characters as per WP:GNG and Pokemon test. Alex^{discussion ★} 16:08, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 16:27, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 16:27, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 16:27, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Google News search shows multiple sources, some paywalled, that appear to discuss the character in independet, non-trivial fashion. Agreed that the current sources are all primary, but I see no indication that a decent search per WP:BEFORE was conducted. Jclemens (talk) 03:45, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I noticed all those hits, too. However, they looked to be discussing the actor, not the character. Do you have any specific links that discuss the character? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:02, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - long running major network shows commonly have separate pages for their main characters - Bobby Ewing from Dallas, William Riker from Star Trek TNG, Doug Ross from ER, and on and on. Mmyers1976 (talk) 18:51, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. I note, for one, that the Ross article has a reception section that establishes notability. The others, I'm not really sure about. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 18:58, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 15:26, 14 November 2013 (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.