Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hector the Bulldog

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 redirect‎ to List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters. Editors can Merge any content they believe is appropriate. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:58, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hector the Bulldog (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Normally I would redirect this article to List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, but I do not think that would be appropriate because not only does the single source only mention this character in passing, but the article itself mentions more than one possible name for the character. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 12:34, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Comics and animation, and Animal. Skynxnex (talk) 13:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep Comment (redirect as fall back, definitely not delete) even if occasionally this character has a different name in some appearances, that isn't a reason to delete the most common and acceptable name. It maybe means there should be a bit of disambiguation at some Spike-character location. As for why (weak) keep, admittedly are a bit thin but they're widespread; here's a few He's used as an example in books about dogs ([1], [2]), as an example in books about physical education [3], poetry [4], mentioned as debuting 60 years ago [5], face used in religious artwork replacing baby Jesus's [6]. Skynxnex (talk) 13:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC) 13:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Skynxnex WP:SIGCV is an issue, I don't think the cited examples meet our treshold of more than a passing mention? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Piotrus:My reply was somewhat in hope that based on what I did find that WP:EXISTS was true in this case and it'd be found by others. Seems somewhat less likely now so changing my vote to be mostly neutral since I know my opinion that non-BLP, but verified and culturally well-known and widely mentioned, should be kept is not the predominate position currently. Skynxnex (talk) 13:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep or merge with the recurring characters section of List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. --Rtkat3 (talk) 16:43, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to the list. No indication of notability shown. The multiple names can likely just be redirected to the given section, with whatever name is the most used (In this case, likely Hector) being the primary one. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:32, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to the list. Optionally merge what little can be verified. Shooterwalker (talk) 20:30, 22 March 2024 (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.