Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saddam Hussein (South Park)

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 --Durin 16:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saddam Hussein (South Park)

Somebody can't be serious. A seperate article on Hussein as a "South Park character?"--FuriousFreddy 03:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Actually, he has appeared as a character in many episodes of the show as well as the feature film, and has developed a sort-of backstory and character independent from the real Saddam Hussein, so, yeah, it's valid. wikipediatrix 03:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I can't believe I'm supporting this article, but it seems quite clear that Saddam Hussein is recurring character on the South Park series. -- tariqabjotu 04:23, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge with Recurring South Park characters. He is already listed there and this just seems to have several pictures. TJ Spyke 04:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Are we talking about the same article? This article is actually rather long and involved. How can you say it "just seems to have several pictures"?? wikipediatrix 04:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

A lot of that is fluff and not needed. I don't think he needs his own article though because his entry on Recurring South Park characters is more than adequate. TJ Spyke 05:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Fictional Saddam in South Park universe is a fairly developed recurring character. Rohirok 05:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• I don't know anything about South Park, frankly, but I believe this character has appeared several times on the series. So its a keep. Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 05:28, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He is among the most popular and well-known characters of South Park and has been fleshed out on the show quite a bit compared to other recurring characters.Gdo01 07:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep well-known character in the South Park universe set apart from the real-life Hussein.--Jersey Devil 07:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep for reasons above. Gazpacho 08:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per wikipediatrix. Mikker ^(...) 10:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, well-known character, this entry was popular with people in my university. Also, this character seems to be independent of the real Saddam Hussein, so it's worth keeping. Fancruft and POV in the article can easily be removed. --TheM62Manchester 10:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep as a very notable ficitional character. Thε Halo ^Θ 15:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per TJ Spike. Powers ^T 15:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable minor character. Appears in movie as well as recurring appearances in shows. Pathlessdesert 16:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not notable, put it on the Saddam Hussein page and see if they want to keep it--it doesn't merit this, though, even as parody. -Kmaguir1 05:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable enough to be included on Wikipedia. The character is independent of the real Hussein and shouldn't be included with the Southpark wikipage because he's not essential to outlining the show. I think the character is notable enough to warrant it's own page for clarification because of his reoccurance in the program. -Shazbot85^Talk 06:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I never comment per XYZ ever in anything, but its all been said above. Per them - GIen 12:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

This should be deleted; it's covered sufficiently on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_in_U.S._popular_culture . -Kmaguir1 16:41, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per Glen's per them.--Anthony Krupp 19:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep please the character is notable and recurring too wiki is not paper Yuckfoo 22:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Saddam Hussein is notable, South Park is notable, Saddam Hussein on South park is but a subset of the two. Unlike most of the other characters on the series, who are fictional, this one is a real and notable person who gets lampooned by South Park from time to time. He is not a main character, but is the representation of a dictator, who could just as well be Kim Jong-il, Adolph Hitler or Fidel Castro if not for the desire to have a recognisable politico-cultural date-stamp. A separate article on him would not appear justified. Church of Scientology and Tom Cruise, have a section within the article. It can be merged into Recurring South Park characters per Spyke. Ohconfucius 02:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per the above. Not really a speedy keep per se, but definitely notable nonetheless. RFerreira 07:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Putting the name in disambiguation page of (List_of_animation_villains), since there is also Satan, Garth, Dr. Viperin this list. Tonytypoon 15:27, 27 December 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.