Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Snake Plissken

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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 per WP:SNOW. Congratulations to Richard Arthur Norton for what, in context, seemed a very humorous comment. Non-admin closure. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 13:25, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Snake Plissken

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Non notable character, star of only two films. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 21:12, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per WP:N. STORMTRACKER 94 21:51, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Would you care to explain how? Per WP:N: "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." And per this there are reliable secondary sources. Smashville 03:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep notabilty is inherited from the main article, second the character is very notable. Ridernyc 22:09, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Can you give some examples of notability? He was in two films. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 22:10, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Are we going to start deleting notable characters based on how many/few works they were in? Can we delete Atticus Finch, since he only appeared in one book/film? Smashville 23:50, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
can you give us a reason why "star of two films" has anything to do with notabilty, if anything the fact that he was in more then one proves he was notable. Ridernyc 22:28, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Very notable from two very well known films, as well as an upcoming remake of film. It is a well written article and since an upcoming film is in the works as well as the fact that both Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. are very well known and Escape from New York is considered to have developed a cult following now, particularly around Snake Plissken. I think notability is established. How is the Rick Deckard notable, when hes been in only ONE film, or Donald Darko from Donnie Darko? Seems notable enough for me. Kevin 22:16, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy Keep "Only two films" is not a valid reason to delete. The first one would have been enough, never mind the game, comics, etc. Colonel Warden 22:37, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy Keep as above --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletions. —Quasirandom 22:50, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep notable fictional character. But rename--he doesn't like to be called 'Snake'. JJL 23:10, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • keep Heh, who you kidding? WP:SNOW Artw 23:32, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Number of films is a terrible indicator of notability, and this character is generally considered notable as the central character in a well-known film series. --Canley 23:39, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I agree, this character has sufficient notability -- I suggest that the reference from the episode of American Dad bears that out. The character is not tied to Kurt Russell but crosses platforms, which makes it memetic. Accounting4Taste 23:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. For real? This is being nominated? Smashville 23:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Very notable character of two well known films. The number of films that he has starred in is not a good indicator of notability. — Wenli (reply here) 01:11, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • I thought he was dead. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 04:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep There are plenty of notable characters that appear in only one movie, such as Rhett Butler, Rick Blaine, and Captain Queeg, so saying a character appears in only two movies is not grounds for deletion. Edward321 04:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - The movies themselves are quite known, but the basis for my keep is the fact that this character is notable enought to actually have references in other notable media, for example Solid Snake's name. - Caribbean~H.Q. 05:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep pretty much per everyone else. Maxamegalon2000 06:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I'm still trying to figure out what the WP:POINT of this was. RFerreira 06:49, 23 October 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.