Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kunta Kinte

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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 was keep. John254 02:34, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kunta Kinte

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Strong Delete Watered-down plot summary of the films. Article has no real purpose outside of that. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 22:50, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep - clearly passes notability guidelines as either a real person or a fictional character. Otto4711 (talk) 00:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The plot summary can be renamed, but this character is notable. the_undertow talk 01:24, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Clear Keep-Outside of the films, the character is referenced in many other contexts of popular culture, skits, plays, television shows, books, etc. The article needs rework though.---Iconoclast.Horizon (talk) 05:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, central character in major miniseries, copious outside references. --Dhartung | Talk 05:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Probably needs some work, but definitely notable. Maxamegalon2000 06:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep --Da Stressor 13:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
  • keep --Atamari (talk) 20:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment What??? Seriously? Look at this article. Like I stated above, all this is is a chopped up plot summary of the Roots miniseries and it obviously can't grow much from that. It doesn't matter about the character's notability if the article isn't talking about anything. You can't make a good article about Michael Jordan if all it says is "Michael Jordan plays basketball." I've said this in the past about this article: the only way you can justify this article's existence is if you make the article speak about Kunta Kinte's cultural impact on American society or something similar, which, without sources, is practically impossible. Not saying they DON'T exist, but it's less than likely they do. Also, this isn't a simple "cast-your-vote" poll. You have to state a reason for your vote. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 05:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
I did look at the article. Then I voted with commentary, and sourced it. You need to relax. the_undertow talk 07:12, 24 November 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.