Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Disher

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The result was redirect to List of Monk characters. ✗plicit 11:50, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Randy Disher

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Supporting character from a TV show, the article is a pure plot summary with primary references. Previously PRODed. User:BD2412 deprodded with a comment that a merge and redirec to List of Monk characters would be better. Then this was redirected by an anon, but restored due 'no merge done'. Well, I don't believe there is anything to merge, given it's a plot summary referenced to the TV series and nothing else. The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline requirement nor the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) supplementary essay. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. I am fine with a WP:SOFTDELETE style redirect (preserving history), but I don't think anything more is needed here. It's just soap opera WP:FANCRUFT. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:27, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:27, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:27, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Monk characters - The current sourcing in the article is all just the pieces of fiction themselves, and doing searches did not turn up anything outside of plot summaries and brief mentions. I don't personally think a merge would be appropriate due to the lack of secondary sources, and the fact that the primary information such as the actor is already included at the list already, but a Redirect would preserve the editing history in case someone deemed it useful in filling out information on the character on the main character list. Rorshacma (talk) 17:00, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect is fine. I agree with everything Rorshacma has said. BD2412 T 17:21, 8 April 2022 (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.