Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desmond (Lost)

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 of the debate was keep, no consensus for merge, see WP:MERGE if you want to pursue that. P.S. Lost sucks. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 23:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Desmond (Lost)

Minor character of series with next to no information available. Not notable. Duplicative of information already in the summary article Characters of Lost. PKtm 03:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into Characters of Lost. BryanG 04:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• i think this pag should stay as it is —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.234.234.32 (talk • contribs).
• Merge into Characters of Lost --Eivind^t@c 11:27, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep because we'll be adding it shortly anyway! SergeantBolt 11:47, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Characters of Lost. --Terence Ong 12:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, Knowing that the season finale will be about him, more information will be available. --muhaidib-- (^Talk | _#info | ) 13:52, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge back into Characters of Lost where it belongs. He has only appeared on a few episodes and even if the season finale will feature him, that is not enough for an entire encyclopedia article. Danflave 18:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep- he's going to get a flashback episode in a few weeks, we're going to learn a whole lot, i say keep it. rose and bernard get their own articles, and desmond should too. 207.76.182.20 19:35, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per SergeantBolt... since it appears that "flashback" is the criteria for a character getting their own article, this will be recreated in a few weeks... Of course if merge is the consensus then someone just needs to go back before the redirect edit that will be left, edit the historical article, and add to it with the new info... so it's not really a big deal either way; keep just saves the admins some time!--Isotope23 19:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge until there's discussion on whether this page is needed. Jtrost (^T | C | _#) 21:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. per SergeantBolt. If you must, I say that you wait and reconsider deleting this page on May 25th. -- Wikipedical 00:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• Using that logic, this page should not have been created before May 25. Jtrost (^T | C | _#) 02:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• Basically, you are questioning the idea of an article on a future event. Look at a page on a future award show for example. Should we delete the page on the next Oscar Awards because we don't have enough information to fill it in as of now? It's more of a reference, which is encyclopedic. In practice on Wikipedia, if a character gets a flashback episode, they get a page. Articles with confirmed future events are on Wikipedia and should should remain to be. Desmond will get a flashback episode on May 24th, just as the 79th Academy Awards will be held on February 25, 2007. -- Wikipedical 21:18, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• Can you cite an official source that says Desmond will have a flashback? Jtrost (^T | C | _#) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• Can you cite an official source that says he won't? I agree with Wikipedical in that we should wait, until we know for sure that either he will not be having his own flashback episode or that there wasn't enough information about him at the end of the season. I don't think we should delete or change things radically immediately before some potential new information arises. We'll find out in 3 weeks either way I guess. ArgentiumOutlaw 23:00, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• That does not make any sense. You cannot keep adding information based on what you think will happen, what spoiler sites say, and what people speculate on message boards. You people need to stop treating Wikipedia like a fansite. Jtrost (^T | C | _#) 23:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• and you need to stop claiming falsely that we are treating Wikipedia like a fansite. I'm not predicting the future or pretending even that Desmond will have a flashback episode, in fact I want just the opposite. What I'm saying is simply that we wait until the end of the season (3 more eps) to know for sure what will happen (or is that considered a prediction that the season will end at all?). ArgentiumOutlaw 04:25, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• The problem is the article as it stands now is not sufficent to stand on its own. If, at a later point, enough information is available to warrent splitting off this article, then do so, but now is not the time. It's not like the info in this article will be destoyed, just (probably) merged into Characters of Lost. Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is, it's not like recreating the article (if it becomes necessary) would be that time-consuming. BryanG 04:38, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• It's easier not to do anything at all, than to re organize the information twice. We can just wait a week or two to find out is my only point here. ArgentiumOutlaw 06:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• Jtrost is right, it makes no sense. We can't cite an official source that Turbine Guy won't have a flashback episode either, but that's not an excuse to give him his own page. I'm starting to think, I hate to say, that keeping Lost pages free of fancruft is almost impossible, given its immense popularity and the endless supply of enthusiastic newcomers to Wikipedia at the same time. Having these recurring debates about fundamental Wikipedia tenets (e.g., verifiability, not a crystal ball, etc.) is utterly exhausting. -- PKtm 00:58, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• You're comparing Desmond and Turbine Guy? Do I even have to explain to you how much more important Desmond is (and how much more not dead he is)? Please give less extreme and less ridiculous examples to try and make your point. ArgentiumOutlaw 04:38, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• The point PKtm was making was valid: you've asked for a "proof" of a negative proposition, which is logically not possible. Please understand, those who are arguing for deletion aren't trying to block new and interesting content from Wikipedia just 'cause we don't like someone or something; rather, we're aiming to keep the information in articles accurate and verifiable, based on the most reliable sources we have available. This is as important for fictional material, such as Lost as for non-fictional ones. Many times, the sort of things someone might like to include here is actually closer to what's on personal/fan sites than what should be part of an encyclopaedia. Not everything is necessary to be written up as a separate article immediately; some things, such as minor fictional characters, should wait until there's enough notable information to warrant their presentation as individual articles. I would ask that you give such material a bit more time to be developed, with appropriate deliberation and consideration. There may be a time for this article; that time is just not yet. —Leflyman^Talk 05:02, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• I don't recall claiming that pktm made an invalid point. Instead of focusing on the actual point of my comment, you both just focused directly on my single rhetorical question (which doesn't technically make sense I must admit, but I put there to make a point anyway). I'm getting kind of tired of repeating my view, so I wont say it again. ArgentiumOutlaw 06:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep & wait per Wikipedical. --Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 01:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per reasons already mentioned above. ArgentiumOutlaw 07:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep ---"--- Jon Harald Søby 11:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete and redirect to Characters of Lost page, as this article is completely redundant. Those arguing for "Keep" are doing so for entirely un-Wikipedia reasons. At the point at which this minor character becomes notable, then the character can merit a separate article. At this time, he is yet another of the many characters in Lost about whom as of now we know next-to-nothing. Wikipedia:Fiction says: Non-notable minor characters... in a work of fiction should be merged with short descriptions into a "List of characters." Note to those saying "Merge": unless you state "Delete" as your preference, your vote may not be counted as contrary to "Keep"—Leflyman^Talk 03:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep For reasons stated above Ixistant 17:40, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Characters of Lost. Please see WP:WWIN. Stifle (talk) 23:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and redirect to Characters of Lost page. As Wikipedia:Fiction says: Non-notable minor characters... in a work of fiction should be merged with short descriptions into a "List of characters." Rillian 17:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and Wait at least until the end of the season, which is only a couple of weeks away, and then decide in the interum. It would be stupid to delete an article and then re-add it two weeks later just because. Two weeks won't kill anyone, it won't hurt anyone, and no one will remember this conversation anyway. And if, at the end of the season, it still deserves deletion, I can't imagine any rational person objecting. But for now, just let it stay, and don't be premature. Nerrolken 21:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep with other Lost-cruft. Mike Dillon 22:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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.