Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burglar (character)

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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 speedy keep‎. Nomination withdrawn. Liz Read! Talk! 02:01, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Burglar (character)

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No non-primary sources. I feel like this is less of a character and more of a reoccurring idea, but that's just my opinion. Industrial Insect (talk) 01:43, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep or merge with List of Marvel Comics characters: B in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. --Rtkat3 (talk) 19:17, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    CTRL+C CTRL+V-ing all these discussions with "Keep or merge in the spirit of Preserve" does NOT add ANY extra weight towards your argument, and I'm kinda concerned since ALL of these discussions have nearly the exact same arguments for keep. Industrial Insect (talk) 03:20, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't speak for @Rtkat3, but as I stated at Wikipedia:Help desk#Same arguments at similar AFDs.: -
    "triggering an AfD is easy and simple, posting a Keep argument that's properly researched effectively takes as long as creating an article, particularly for a niche area where a lot of reliable sources are offline (in the case of comic book characters things like The Comic Journal, Amazing Heroes and a lot of small-run books). Seeing as there was and is no sign of @Industrial Insect having done much more than an online search before mass-nominating a group of articles - a common problem with AfDs in the area - I see no reason why I should drop the projects I'm currently working on to effectively research 18 articles in a week on subjects I'm only peripherally interested in. But on a point of principle I try not to allow under-researched AfD nominations slide as I've seen far too many articles in desperate need of clean-up saved without the AfD process involved; the articles are just waiting for someone genuinely knowledgeable in the subject to find the time to bring them up to scratch or make a genuine, informed decision as to whether they're tenable. My cut-and-paste votes directly reflect the amount of effort the nominator put in to a) attempting to salvage the articles before nominating and b) researching the before."
    Hope this helps. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 09:44, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent. Instead of A.) Actually trying to bring good arguments to the AfD or B.) Not participating, you decided to vote out of spite. Didn't you yourself advise me not to be rude at AfD? Industrial Insect (talk) 13:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    That's an interesting way of reading it, and it's curious that you've sidestepped the stuff about your questionable Before. Not sure how much joy you're likely to get out of this "I don't think this is good enough, everyone else needs to run around and justify it to me" approach to Wikipedia, TBH.

I mean, with any of these nominations have you attempted any content cleanup through editing? Have you looked at any potential merge targets? Have you done any Before that isn't just typing keywords into Google? If the answer to any of those questions is "no" then the nomination is undercooked and potentially frivolous, and you're expecting people to do more work to Keep than you expect to do for Delete. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 14:05, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • and regarding rudeness, I did indeed say that, and look what happened - you've cast aspertions on at least one good faith editor, lunged in on any votes that don't go the way you want them to, attempted to fire up a Batsignal at the Helpdesk because you also didn't like the way some of the votes are going, and also expect other volunteers to do things you can't be bothered to do. None of that suggests to me you are treating other users with the respect needed, bluntly. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 15:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Well I'm for closing all the AfDs as keep since that's been the prevailing consensus at all of them before. I did a lazy BEFORE, and it's obvious that I'll be reaping what I sow. Sorry for wasting everybody's time. Industrial Insect (talk) 15:45, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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