Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur King

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 delete. Nandesuka (talk) 10:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur King

This is an article about the main character of children's book. As best as I can tell this is the only related article on wikipedia, the authors page failed an AFD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dean Wilkinson) and both books are red links The Legend Of Arthur King and Arthur King And The Curious Case Of The Time Train. I would say either this article needs to be deleted per WP:N or Dean Wilkinson needs to be restored. Jeepday (talk) 21:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The books and author are both red links. The character, therefore, doesn't appear notable. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 21:26, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. It is perfectly possible for a character to be more notable its creator or any of the books it appears in, e.g. Harry Potter or Sherlock Holmes. I don't have any opinion on whether that is true here, but the non-notability of the author and books is not on its own a valid argument for deletion of an article on a character. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not notable in the slightest. JuJube (talk) 01:42, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable character which has not received substantial coverage from independent sources. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 03:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The characters and the author is non-notable, per the author's AFD. — Wenli ^{(reply here)} 04:20, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 18:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
comment' a little unusual. The books are quite possibly notable in the UK, and the author has written nothing else. Maybe the character is the best place for the information.. DGG (talk) 21:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The author has also done some TV work [1] so if this is kept maybe it would be best to resurrect the article on the author and merge this into it. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as there is no evidence of notability.--Gavin Collins (talk) 09:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and (eventually) merge and resurrect to book and/or author. Having book converted to BBC radio serial is notable. However, as neither of the others exist, this should stand currently. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge and redirect without deleting. Title characters are inherently notable and it's obviously a logical redirect to the book in the worst case scenario, but I see no reason for an outright deletion. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 03:45, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.