Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Montgomery Burns (age)

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 delete. Flowerparty☀ 02:23, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Montgomery Burns (age)

This article is an expansion of a section in "Montgomery Burns," a character in "The Simpsons." Speculation about the age of a character in a fictional animated sitcom doesn't deserve it's own article. The section in the main Montgomery Burns article (which is by itself is spectacularly long for a fictional character) already makes it pretty clear that there are some inconsistencies regarding his age, which is not terribly surprising for an animated satirical show such as this. What this article seems to do is expand upon these inconsistencies by saying, "Well, in this episode he's 83, and in this episode he's 104, and this episode seems to imply he's 90." Totally unncessary. Aplomado ^talk 23:35, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:FICT and per nomination. I don't even see a reason to believe that this miniscule topic gets much discussion among Simpsons fans. Google "Simpsons Burns age" (without quotes) gives only about four related hits out of the first thirty, and none meet WP:RS as far as I know. Barno 01:12, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge & Delete - the content of this article belongs in Montgomery Burns. jgp 01:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: On second thought, nix the merge. This whole article smacks of original research. jgp 00:10, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per well reasoned nomination. No need for a separate page for this. --Joelmills 01:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete per nom. --Strothra 02:48, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - an article solely dedicated to discussing an fictional character's age is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Cedars 06:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and delete as this analysis is of value for those interested in the subject. Tyrenius 13:51, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Montgomery Burns. - CNichols 21:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: Pleeeeease don't vote for a merge. This article is the cream of the cruft. Why do we need such a huge section elaborating on a fictional character's arbitrary and obviously nonexistant age? If you asked the writers of the show how old Montgomery Burns is, they would probably say "I don't know, we never thought about that." Aplomado ^talk 21:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOR, surprisingly enough. Stifle (talk) 11:26, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or merge useful information.  Grue  15:16, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge. -Sean Curtin 00:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - per nom. Amaas120 00:12, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, unencyclopedic cruft. Pavel Vozenilek 20:46, 26 May 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.