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| I am most concerned by this statement: ''An article on this topic was deleted in 2007-04-17T18:46:45 (after being redirected) when character was named "Giant Chicken".'' | I am most concerned by this statement: ''An article on this topic was deleted in 2007-04-17T18:46:45 (after being redirected) when character was named "Giant Chicken".'' | ||
| , according to ] who deleted this redirect, the reason to delete this page was a "nonsense redirect" '''not''' because it was an article. '''This is the first AfD for this article, it has never been put up for deletion before.''' Anthony.bradbury deleted the page because it was a <nowiki>#REDIRECT ]</nowiki>. |
, according to ] who deleted this redirect, the reason to delete this page was a "nonsense redirect" '''not''' because it was an article. '''This is the first AfD for this article, it has never been put up for deletion before.''' Anthony.bradbury deleted the page because it was a <nowiki>#REDIRECT ]</nowiki>. If you look at this user contributions, he has deleted thousands of these redirects. He probably never even look at the history of the page. | ||
| The main reason that User:TheBlazikenMaster and User:Mikeblas voted to delete was because this '''article''' was deleted before. A "nonsense redirect" is a full article? | The main reason that User:TheBlazikenMaster and User:Mikeblas voted to delete was because this '''article''' was deleted before. A "nonsense redirect" is a full article? | ||
Revision as of 13:26, 15 December 2007
Strong keep
Previous deletion
I am most concerned by this statement: An article on this topic was deleted in 2007-04-17T18:46:45 (after being redirected) when character was named "Giant Chicken".
The deletion is here, according to User:Anthony.bradbury who deleted this redirect, the reason to delete this page was a "nonsense redirect" not because it was an article. This is the first AfD for this article, it has never been put up for deletion before. Anthony.bradbury deleted the page because it was a #REDIRECT ]. If you look at this user contributions, he has deleted thousands of these redirects. He probably never even look at the history of the page.
The main reason that User:TheBlazikenMaster and User:Mikeblas voted to delete was because this article was deleted before. A "nonsense redirect" is a full article?
AfD Nomination
Misplaced Pages:Afd#Before_nominating_an_AfD states:
- Unless it is obviously a hopeless case, consider sharing your reservations with the article creator, mentioning your concerns on the article's discussion page, and/or adding a "cleanup" template.
- Question: Nominator, is this page a hopeless case, and if so how does it differ from the other reoccurring character pages?
- Question: If it is not a hopeless case, why didn't you first try to make this article better and attempt to reach a consensus on the talk page?
- Question: After these edits to the page since the AfD, is the page no longer a hopeless case?
No Original Research
When the nominator put this article up for deletion, there was no WP:OR, there are no unpublished facts, arguments, concepts, statements, or theories in this page.
There is no research on this page.
This page is simply explaining who the character is, and the episodes he is involved in, similar to all of the other character pages, which have no cited sources, are you suggesting that all television character pages should be deleted because they don't have citations?
If this page is deleted for WP:OR many of the other Family Guy's Recurring characters could be deleted too, including Jonathan Weed, Joe Swanson, Mort Goldman, Tom Tucker, Neil Goldman, Kevin Swanson, Herbert , and Jonathan Weed. They also simply explain who the character is, and what episodes that character is involved in. Not a single one of these articles has a reference or cite.
Notablity
Nominator wrote: Non-notable character.
As per Misplaced Pages:Television episodes:
"It is important to bear this in mind when creating articles, and it is likely that each individual episode of a television series will not be notable on its own, simply because there are not enough secondary sources available...While each episode on its own may not qualify for an article, it is quite likely that sources can be found to support a series or season page, where all the episodes in one season (or series) are presented on one page."
real-world perspective
Nominator wrote: no out-of-universe content.
Misplaced Pages:Television episodes explains out-of-universe content:
- This means writing about television programmes from a real-world perspective (ie. discussing the piece as fiction, rather from the perspective of one of the characters, or as if the events had really happened).
When the nominator put this page up for deletion, the first sentence said:
- Ernie the Giant Chicken is fictional a character. There were no out-of-universe content content in the article. This is incorrect.
Only a Gag
Article details every occurrence of this running gag on Family Guy
This is not simply a gag, but a reoccurring character on Family Guy.
| Character name | $ of episodes the character has been in |
Character has a wikipage |
| Ernie (Family Guy) | 4 | Current AfD |
| Kevin Swanson | 5 | yes |
| Bonnie Swanson | 5 | yes |
| Neil Goldman | 6 | yes |
| Jonathan Weed | 8 | yes |
| Mort Goldman | 10 | yes |
As seen here, there are 2 existing wikipages which have only one more appearance than the Giant Chicken. So have those that voted to delete chosen an arbitrary cut off number? Once the Giant Chicken is on Family Guy again, other wikiusers will be allowed to create this article?
As per Misplaced Pages:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia: There is no practical limit to the number of topics it can cover, or the total amount of content, other than verifiability and the other points presented on this page.
Aside
I am impressed with the nominator's understanding of Misplaced Pages bureaucracy and rules, I encourage him to use this knowledge to improve articles, not deleting them. It is a pity that I have to waste time away from adding information to wikipedia to defend this article.
I also wrote a note on the family guy page about this AfD. Odessaukrain (talk) 09:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)