Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doctor Septimus Pretorius

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The result was Keep. Tyrenius (talk) 21:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor Septimus Pretorius

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Non-notable film character. Article is nothing more then a plot summary. I doubt there are enough reliable secondary sources to add real world context to this article. I don't see the need for a separate article for this character. Ridernyc (talk) 14:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletions. —Quasirandom (talk) 16:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, as per above, and as unsourced WP:OR. Cirt (talk) 17:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC).
• Keep - There are secondary sources that discuss the character, including Vito Russo's The Celluloid Closet and at least one of the works of horror scholar Donald David J. Skal. Otto4711 (talk) 19:50, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

• In addition to the sources mentioned, here are additional sources that discuss the psychosexual analysis of the character and his relationship to Frankenstein, casting history, etc. I have a James Whale biography which includes of course a good deal of material about the film and the character. In all, enough to put together a reasonable article. Otto4711 (talk) 22:09, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

• Keep and improve, iconic character from iconic film.--Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 04:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
• The sources found by Otto4711 do seem to demonstrate notability. Keep. —Quasirandom (talk) 16:18, 21 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.