Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abe Carver

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 Keep --JForget 01:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abe Carver

Abe Carver (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Fictional character showing no sign of verifiable sources to show real-world notability Pak21 16:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletions. —Quasirandom 19:24, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep This is an article that is part of the WP:SOAPS project. It is among a long list of articles that we are in the process of improving. There are a lot of articles and only so many editors to work on them. Give it time, the project is fairly new and there are a lot of articles to get to. Deleting this serves no purpose. CelticGreen (talk) 01:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep This article can definitely be improved and sourced better, just be a little more patient and the work will be done. Abe Carver is notable by the way, he is the longest running African American character in the history of daytime television soap operas, now all that is needed is the source, which I will be looking for. Glo145 (talk) 02:29, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - I found one article that discusses his length of service and added it, real world notability and sourcing. I'm sure if I looked more than 5 minutes, I could find more. CelticGreen (talk) 02:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - I added an TV Guide article about the character from 2003 and it stated Reynolds was the longest running actor on soaps, and I further added a quote from Reynolds about the impact of the character. Glo145 (talk) 03:01, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• Question why when you look at the raw article (when editing) does it say For administrator use only: {{oldafdfull|page=Abe Carver|date=4 December 2007|result=keep? Has a decision been made and this discussion moot? or is something else going on?CelticGreen (talk) 03:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Subject is notable and notability is now provided within article. Flyer22 (talk) 04:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per all comments above. IrishLass (talk) 14:34, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep - This is a notable character within the series and the genre in general; it needs improvement, not to be deleted. In any case, the additions since the AfD was initiated clearly render this AFD pointless. — TAnthony^Talk 17:49, 7 December 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.