Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nakor

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 no consensus/weak keep (keep on a vote count, no consensus anyways). Non admin. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 09:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nakor

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I doubt very much that this fictional character is notable in itself. Of course, there already are articles about the author and some of his books. Goochelaar (talk) 23:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete & Redirect to authors page, then create a section for recurring characters in his novels, like for say Brett Easton Ellis. Perhaps if characters become more notable they can be re-expanded to have their own articles, just like our good friend Patrick Bateman.-- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 23:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Not sure what counts as 'notable' for a fictitious character, but he is a major character (in the top 3 in importance) in the Riftwar series. Marjaliisa (talk) 00:22, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

• Merge it with the Riftwar article? I've never heard of either but if the primary article is noteworthy and it is true this character is important, shouldn't it be included there? --Revanche (talk) 01:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 03:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. This is an important character and should not be deleted outright. I'd be happy with a merge but am not sure of the best target. I'd probably suggest Midkemia, since Feist has written books in other settings. Eluchil404 (talk) 06:00, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 03:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep or Merge info belongs somewhere. Major character spanning multiple series of books.--Cube lurker (talk) 04:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep major series, major character, the reviews of the various parts of the series will talk about him, and basic sourcing is appropriately from the works themselves. DGG (talk) 06:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment It seems that the arguments of those who are in favour of keeping the article are of the form "This is an important character". Agreed. But is it notable? Every novel has one or more major characters, but very few of them are notable in themselves, out of their story. I mean, a fictional character might well save the universe, in his world, but out of it, if no independent sources have covered it, it is not notable. Goochelaar (talk) 09:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete as there are no reliable secondary sources to demonstrate real-worldnotability. In addition, this article fails WP:V, WP:NOT#PLOT and WP:WAF, so there aren't any arguements for keeping article. --Gavin Collins (talk) 13:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Major character in major series. In response to Goochelaar, I think that WP:N/WP:FICT doesn't represent consensus on this issue. As those are guidelines AfD is where consensus is, in part, determined. I think "major character major series" holds consensus as something we should keep here. Hobit (talk) 02:27, 29 January 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.