Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George R. Binks

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 Delete, after discounting the comments by the sockpuppet, and after carefully looking at each comment, I find the consensus, votes, and comments are stronger for deletion than for keeping the article. Deathphoenix ʕ 14:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] George R. Binks

WP:FICT Character which appears in one comic book vaguely associated with Star Wars. John Nagle 04:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to whatever starwars article corresponds per John Nagle. If there are any starwars people out there who can attest that this characters is really insignificant, I'll be happy to change my "vote". AdamBiswanger1 04:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This character appears in one "non-canon" comic book by a Star Wars licensee. This is the sort of thing Wookiepedia was made for - non-notable Star Wars items and characters. --John Nagle 04:20, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Even though it's a well-written and formatted article, it's still about a character who appears just once in a backwater comic. Interlingua ^talk 05:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Jar Jar Binks. Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 16:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, this is indeed what Wookipedia is for. -- Vary | Talk 17:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I would have never created this article if the page for Star Wars Tales #20 hadn't made it seem as if an article was required. Iodyne 18:12, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah. Part of the problem is that all the "Star Wars Tales #NN" articles have redlinks for each individual story in each comic. That needs to be cleaned up. --John Nagle 18:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, there is enough information about George R. Binks to create an entire article for him. He is just as significant as any other Star Wars character. None of the users calling for his merge or deletion have enough experience or knowledge with Star Wars to make a proper judgement on the degree of his significance. I have read Star Wars Tales 20 and I can attest that he is a very important and integral character to the Star Wars universe. Maybe he is not as evil and methodical as Darth Sidious, as wise and pure-hearted as Yoda, or as brash and strong willed as the young Luke Skywalker, but he is a character nonetheless and Star Wars fans recognize him. Leave discussion on George R. Binks to the fans. Bromyne 19:42, 18 June 2006 (UTC)(user indefblocked as a sockpuppet of User:Maior. Lord Deskana ^{I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS} 22:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC))

Thank you for your support, Bromyne. I was looking around for a good Star Wars character article to compare my article on George R. Binks to and I came across the entry for Yaddle. In all my 28 years as a Star Wars fan I have never come across someone who has as vigorously and valiantly been a fan of Yaddle. On the flip side, my friends and I regularly discuss George R. Binks. We have had discussion about just how he overcame the typical xenophobia most Gungans display and set out to sail the seas on the surface of Naboo. We have also discussed what it must be like to father a child like Jar Jar Binks. Was he initially proud of his young son and endeared by his goofy antics? How must he have felt when Jar Jar never grew out of these childish displays? He must have been crushed. All this debate has been sparked from a single story in Star Wars Tales, and there is still so much we do not know about Binks. How did he escape the island him, his wife, and his son were trapped on? How did he feel that his son was the first senatorial representative of the Gungans on Naboo? The emotional roller coaster that this character's life must have been not only should prevent this article from being deleted but should inspire hundreds of "Wiki-ites" to make this article into the best that it can be. If the article for Yaddle, a simple Whill who sat on the Jedi Council, garnishing around 4 seconds of total screen time, is allowed to stay, then the article about the man who fathered the character who was such a necessary catalyst in the events taking place throughout the history of the Star Wars universe including, but not limited to, leading Gungan troops into battle at Naboo and nominating Senator Palpatine for the role of Supreme Chancellor, must stay as well. Iodyne 20:36, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. I'd say I'm a fairly big Star Wars fan, and I'd never heard of this character prior to reading this page. I think this would make a good Wookieepedia article, but I don't think it's Wikipedia material. Could this information not be merged into Star Wars Tales 20? I'd be happy with that. --Lord Deskana ^{I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS} 19:47, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

  Your bolded vote is to delete it, yet you describe that you want to merge it with another article. I don't think you know what you're saying. Bromyne 20:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC) (user indefblocked as a sockpuppet of User:Maior. Lord Deskana ^{I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS} 22:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC))

  I think I know what I'm doing, thanks. Any regular in the RfA circuit can clearly see my meaning. --Lord Deskana ^{I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS} 20:53, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Stories in Tales 1-20 are officially "S-canon," unless referenced elsewhere. Tales was formatted so that there were 64-page issues divided into many smaller stories. This story is only 10 pages long, and hasn't been referenced elsewhere, and thus does not warrant an article here. It's already at Wookieepedia [1]. -LtNOWIS 00:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete from Wikipedia. Add to Wookipedia. --Atrian 03:14, 22 June 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.