Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sir Topham's butler

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 no consensus, defaulting to keep, a merge being reasonable. Be WP:BOLD and WP:DIY. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:22, Dec. 25, 2005

[edit] Sir Topham's butler

Much as I love Thomas the Tank Engine this article is pointless. Such a minor, fictional, character cannot possibly be sufficiently notable to merit inclusion in an encyclopedia, the article even admits he only features in one story. I'm not even sure there's enough encyclopedic value to merit merging with any other article. _└ ^UkPaolo/_TALK^┐ 17:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep or merge. -- JJay 17:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. - Wezzo 17:56, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or merge. Cover the character's thoroughly. Choalbaton 18:12, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with Sir Topham Hat.Gateman1997 18:47, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with Sir Topham article. Not much content here but all characters in the series are probably worth a mention somewhere. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

perhaps I should point out that there is no Sir Topham Hat article... _└ ^UkPaolo/_TALK^┐ 08:53, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Good point. Redirected to Fat Controller. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:08, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: I've just noticed Talk:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and Thryduulf's merge proposal. I hadn't realised we had quite so many minor character articles, but I certainly agree with his merge propositions. _└ ^UkPaolo/_TALK^┐ 09:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• As per my merge proposal at Talk:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends#merge proposal, I think we have waay too many articles on minor characters from this series, many of them about very minor characters who had a bit part in one 10-minute episode. Merge this to a one-line entry in the list on the relevant merged article. Thryduulf 09:42, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or merge into an expandable entry in the target. Fictional characters which reach large audiences should be covered properly. Kappa 05:44, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Merge all the Fat Controller articles into one, maybe Hatt Family.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 13:12, 22 December 2005 (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.