Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mermaid Man

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 Redirect to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Many of the delete opinions include a suggestion to merge and there is really no consensus to keep this as a standalone article. If anyonone wants to merge the content from Mermaid Man to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, feel free to do so. A redirect seems to be the good middle ground though.--Isotope23 15:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mermaid Man

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Minor fictional character from SpongeBob SquarePants. Only appearred in 6 episodes. Redunant with the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters articles. Article has no sources but WP:NOT says: Wikipedia articles on works of fiction should contain real-world context and sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's achievements, impact or historical significance, not solely a summary of that work's plot. 650l2520 00:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Non notable fancruft. --- RockMFR 00:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete If there's any additional information we can merge with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Heimstern Läufer 01:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete the cruft is strong with this one. JuJube 01:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and merge as above. Philippe Beaudette 01:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy seems fairly obvious, one character's name is a much more likely search term than two character's names in a particular order linked by 'and'. Content can be replaced with a redirect without recourse to AfD. Lyrl ^Talk _C 02:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strongly merge whatever's unique to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and then point the redirect to Merman; or redirect it at the main article if there's nothing to merge; but either way deletion is counterproductive because there should be a redirect anyway. And if he's voiced by Ernest Borgnine, that's not nn. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 03:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete fancruft -- Selmo ^(talk) 03:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strongly merge any new information to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and then redirect Mermaid Man to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy --Candy-Panda 05:12, 24 January 2007
• Merge anything useful toMermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and Redirect.-- danntm ^T _C 16:21, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge Merge the article into the list of characters in spongebob squarepants. If its a minor character. Retiono Virginian 18:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Mermaid Man is a very notable character on SpongeBob SquarePants, and people would be searching for him. If this article is not kept, merge and redirect to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy or List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters. --AMK152 (Talk • Contributions Leave message) 22:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge to MMABB. -Toptomcat 00:41, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, merge and redirect to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Shaundakulbara 03:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Self-contradictory. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 04:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect per Lyrl FirefoxMan 20:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Spongebob-cruft. WMMartin 16:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Per nom. Non-encyclopedic fancruft. Jerry lavoie 23:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - wow. I'm surprised at resistance. Wasn't it Jimbo Wales that said, "why shouldnt' there be a page on every Simpsons character"? And SpongeBob is just about as notable as the Simpsons. He's notable in his own right, as much as Mr. Burns. Part Deux 11:20, 30 January 2007 (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.