Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maximillian (The Black Hole)

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 no consensus. Stifle (talk) 17:38, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maximillian (The Black Hole)

This character does not establish notability independent of its film. Without non-trivial coverage in reliable third party sources, it is just made up of unnecessary plot summary and original research. TTN (talk) 16:07, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A character in a film should be covered in the film article. It's unfortunate that the only real-world information in the article is fairly trivial. – sgeureka ^t•c 21:17, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a non-plausible search term. Fails to establish individual notability outside the main movie article. Esradekan Gibb ^"Talk" 22:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge "a character in a film should be covered in the film article" is emphatically not Wikipedia policy or practice. It's one opinion. A major character in a major film should be covered in its own article if t here is enough material. That's another opinion, and is supported by hundreds of afd decisions and tens of thousands of articles. (and even if it does apply here, the consequence is merge, not delete.) The question here is the absence of sourced material. since this is a moderately important movie, and since this is a major character, and the article does show the connections to literary characters, there probably is enough sourced material to be found in the reviews of the film and the books dependent upon it. However, as I am not about to find them, the material should be merged into the main article, where most of it is supported by the primary source--the film itself, which is sufficient for such content. DGG (talk) 23:27, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to The Black Hole where character has his notability. The simple answer. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:21, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Evidently notable. Colonel Warden (talk) 07:17, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- raven1977 (talk) 05:25, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- raven1977 (talk) 05:25, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, but the robot is not notable outside his universe. So a merge improves Wiki. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 06:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There's an article to be written, but it will require going to the library.[1] - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 00:35, 23 October 2008 (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.