Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Solomon

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. Davewild 20:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harry Solomon

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This is a non-notable character that does not have real world information to establish notability. It is currently covered in the main article, and there is no current assertion for improvement. TTN (talk) 20:39, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

• Merge & Delete Redirect as it stands the article fails WP:FICT. RMHED (talk) 21:19, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep unfortunately we've been so busy fighting the vandalism of TTN that we have not had the time nor the opportunity to improve articles. This character was one of the main character four characters in the sitcom. The sitcom revolved around the main characters Dick, Sally, Tommy, and Harry. To say he is non notable is to say Kramer or George were not notable in Seinfeld. I was in the process of an improvement drive for the articles in 3rd Rock from the Sun, however have been side tracked defending the article(s) because of TTN's self imposed we must immediately delete all TV episodes in Wikipedia. This article can and will be developed/improved given time without having to fight TTN's vandal edits. --Maniwar (talk) 04:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • That's just a ridiculous argument. Delete per WP:FICT. Real world notability must be asserted. Wikipedia is not a fan site. Eusebeus 20:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Do you have a response to my comments below? Real-world information does exist. Zagalejo^^^ 20:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Real-world information does exist, which shouldn't be surprising, considering this was a major character on a long-running sitcom. Here's some stuff I found on Newsbank that provides behind-the-scenes info or reactions to the character:

• "SPACE CASE: TO 3RD ROCK'S FRENCH STEWART, STARDOM IS AN ALIEN CONCEPT". People Weekly. 13 May 1996.
• Sharon Rainsbury. "Simply French". Sydney Herald Sun. 9 July 2000.
• James Endrst. "CLUELESS, HAPLESS HARRY IS `ROCK' SOLID SENSATION". The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal. 2 January 1998.
• Alan Sepinwall. "French twist: `3rd Rock' has Stewart on a roll". The (Newark) Star-Ledger. 19 November 1997.
• Ian Spelling. "`ROCK'S' SOLOMON MADE A FACE THAT'S STUCK". Chicago Tribune. 16 January 1997. Zagalejo^^^ 05:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

• Do any of those actually go in-depth or is is just a bunch of little bits like the one that you added? That kind of information belongs either on a character list or a general casting section for the main article, rather than a character article. Characters need real meat in order to establish notability. TTN (talk) 19:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

• I think they provide a decent amount of info. If you look at the titles, you'll see that two of them are primarily about the Harry character. I just haven't had time to add everything I could. And I'm sure there's other content available in the DVD extras. Zagalejo^^^ 00:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
• I've added a little bit more. Zagalejo^^^ 02:24, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Keep per Zagalejo. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 02:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep major character in a major prime time series with reliable and verifiable sources to establish real-world notability. Alansohn 05:51, 4 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.