Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dexter (fictional character)

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 per WP:SNOW --JForget 00:43, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dexter (fictional character)

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Spun out from List of characters in Dexter's Laboratory without gaining consensus on the action. Space wasn't an issue and is mostly padded out with information contained within the main list article. treelo _talk 09:30, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• Keep/Not an AfD Far as I can see this is a reasonable candidate for a straw poll to merge back into List of characters in Dexter's Laboratory to find consensus, but regardless this shouldn't be listed for deletion. This is the main character of a show that clearly passes notability, etc, and appears to contain new information that doesn't exist on the parent article, so therefore shouldn't be deleted. If this continues to be debated as a AfD I'd say "give sources" obviously, but it would still be a clear Keep vote by notability. Short form: Suggest prodecural close of this AfD listing and recommend to the nominator to begin a straw poll on the talk page of the List of Characters article. -Markeer 13:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• Strong Keep Very notable character, basicly in the ballfield of characters such as Spongebob Squarepants --Armanalp (talk) 13:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. While I'm not a huge fan of articles on every fictional character in existence, this one is notable.--Fabrictramp (talk) 15:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable as the lead character in a notable and popular TV series. My only concern was the article needed a dab link to the lead character from Dexter (TV series), and I have added this. 23skidoo (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep This article may be unsourced, but I would imagine that the title character of a cartoon is probably notable enough for his own article -- surely some sources exist somewhere. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 19:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• Strong keep Very noteable. archanamiya · talk 21:39, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep, even though it is difficult to search Dexter independently from Dexter's Laboratory, the 124 hits "Dexter's Laboratory" gets in a Google Book search means he's got to have some notability. Lord Uniscorn (talk) 22:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
• Comment Guess this article could have been spun out earlier based on notability. Still got my concerns about sourcing references to corroborate some parts but otherwise I'll admit to the article's notability and can call this AfD request pretty much done with given its' response. treelo _talk 22:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• The explanation for why I created this individual article: The description in the parent article lacked detail and space for valuable information concerning Dexter's status amongst the characters within his own realm, and, in my opinion, wasn't sufficient to describe the character in question (if anyone else has watched this show as much as I have, you know what I'm talking about). Unfortunately, I was unable to find any reliable resources, and I am hoping that through Dexter's liberation from the "List of Characters" entice other users to find the references neccesary for the article to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.User:Uberbandgeek 21:22, 3 April 2008 (EST)
• Keep Main character of quite notable series. Hobit (talk) 03:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
• Rename if kept Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory) because there are other fictional Dexters. 70.51.11.131 (talk) 04:45, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

• I agree a rename is in order. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
• ditto Hobit (talk) 00:12, 6 April 2008 (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.