Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Lumbergh

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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 (equally split between merging and keeping, but the article was never in danger of being deleted). Kimchi.sg 16:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Lumbergh

  • Delete. The article in question contains no references, and is largely original research opinions based on editors' viewings of the movie. The article mostly recounts plot points within Office Space that involve the character, and, for that, the movie article can suffice. As it stands, the character itself is enjoyably comic, but is not notable enough to merit his own article apart from the main article (note, also, that no other character in the movie appears to have a separate article devoted to him or her). — Mike • 03:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge Probably the most notable character in the movie, but nothing that a redirect to a section on Office Space can't handle. Danny Lilithborne 03:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Office Space and Delete. The pop reference in Family Guy is the only decent, sourceable, non-subjective info here, and that doth not a notable character make. Deizio talk 03:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect as per Deiz. Also of note, this article is a good nine months old. I'd call that "falling through the cracks", neh? --Deville (Talk) 03:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect per Mike and Deiz. WP:FICT states that major characters in major works should only recieve articles if the page becomes too long. So far, it really hasn't. AdamBiswanger1 03:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Cleanup References can be added and this page is not beyond saving. I don't see a reason to delete it there are pages about people from harry potter and star trek. MichaelBillington 05:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
You mean you're comparing this film to two of the biggest in the history of cinema? - Mgm|(talk) 11:28, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete and redirect, per Deiz. --Coredesat 05:35, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Reference and keep or merge and redirect with Office Space. - Mgm|(talk) 11:28, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Make that merge. WP:FICT states that characters like this person do not deserve a separate article. - Mgm|(talk) 11:30, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Lumbergh has become a significant cultural icon in American corporate culture. Someone needs to spend the time referencing the article, but that won't be difficult; there is plenty of commentary that has been published about this character. Even Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons has his own article. Gary_the_Snail of Spongebob has his (its?) own article. Googling the word Lumbergh gives 147,000 hits, of which the Wikipedia entry is fourth. Urban Dictionary has entries showing the term Lumbergh has become a generic term for a bad boss. dryguy 12:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Office Space is a very significant movie in popular culture, and this character is a large part of the reason why, and is significant enough to merit an article of its own. If kept, the article needs better sourcing and evidence of notability. Keep or Merge (not to be considered as a delete comment in any case) ++Lar: t/c 12:43, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect to Office Space. It's a great film and character, but it does not justify its own article. What urbandictionary says is irrelevant. - Motor (talk) 12:46, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • If you could just go ahead and Merge this to Office Space, That'd be great.--Isotope23 19:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep. The character has become a cultural icon. He's the Bart Simpson of Office Space. If you could just leave this one alone, that'd be great. --The Editrix 19:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep warrants an article--->|Newyorktimescrossword 21:08, 21 June 2006 (UTC)|
  • Keep per last few comments. MikeWazowski 04:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - as per above Scented Guano 04:58, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, or redirect. Non-notable character. Deltabeignet 04:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Dryguy. -- Northenglish (talk) -- 23:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and Redirect as per that WP:FICT thing. As long as the actual merge is done, instead of most "merge's" where the page just gets redirected and none of the information gets passed on. SECProto 01:19, 25 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.