Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minor Deus Ex characters

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. There is a clear consensus to delete. In addition, the arguments favoring deletion were based on established guidelines, such as WP:NOTABILITY, while some of the arguments in favor of keeping the article appear to be based on the misconception explained at WP:INHERITED. PhilKnight (talk) 16:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Minor Deus Ex characters

Detailed in-universe guide for characters that have no notability. Any characters that can demonstrate potential notability should be moved to Major Deus Ex characters (note also that Deus Ex: Invisible War characters lists notable characters for that game). Ham Pastrami (talk) 01:10, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regretful Delete because Deus Ex is a masterpiece almost without equal, but the nominator is 100% correct. Reyk _YO! 01:25, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game related deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 03:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination. RobJ1981 (talk) 04:01, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see that Nicolette DuClare and Chad Dumier have their own articles and appear on the template, but are listed on this minor character list. Are they in fact minor characters? Pagra shtak 04:21, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The claim in Nicolette DuClare is that the character is minor in Deus Ex, but becomes a major character in Invisible War. I assume similar for Chad. I don't object to moving them into the major characters list as a precaution, but they are covered in the IW list. Ham Pastrami (talk) 07:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - ALmost no assertion of notability. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 04:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — It may be notable in-universe, but not out-of-universe. MuZemike (talk) 06:37, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A list of minor characters is, in my opinion, the right thing to do here for such a notable game. Exactly the kind of breakout articles we should have per WP:WAF. Hobit (talk) 15:41, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep - The individual characters are not that noteworthy but the game is notable for having an extremely complex plot and multitude of characters and this page reflects that. Mezigue (talk) 19:58, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is the preferred way to handle these characters. The particular ones that make up content in an article do not have to be individually notable--that in fact is why we use a combination article for breakout. DGG (talk) 23:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge with the major character list. I see arguments that a list of character is acceptable, but this overlooks the fact that we have two character lists here. Any characters important enough to be included in Wikipedia should be covered in the major character list (which should be renamed to remove "major"), and those not important enough to be included should not be included. Pagra shtak 04:11, 9 August 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.