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. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:11, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spinner Mason[edit]

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Tons of plot detail, notability concerns, and mostly unreferenced (only references being the TV episode of the excessive plot detail). Gloss 22:03, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 22:06, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 22:07, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:41, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article needs to be cleaned up but, as I've said before, AfD is not cleanup. Tchaliburton (talk) 14:29, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They don't need to be cleaned up if they can't first establish notability. If you've found enough sources to accurately source and article about this character, by all means, share with me. But that doesn't seem to exist. Same situation as in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holly J. Sinclair, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Stone (Degrassi character), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Cameron all of which were deleted/redirected to the List of Degrassi: The Next Generation characters article. Gloss 16:41, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Hey. Remember when Wikipedia was like an encyclopedia? MiracleMat (talk) 02:30, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is your comment meant to imply that this is the type of content that an encyclopedia should be keeping, or that it's the type of content that an encyclopedia shouldn't be keeping? Bearcat (talk) 22:37, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Television characters do not automatically qualify for separate standalone articles just because they exist — if you cannot add reliable sources which provide real-world context for why the character is a notable topic in an encyclopedia, then all they really warrant is inclusion in a list of characters. But that's not what this is — it's just an in-universe summary of plots he was involved in, which provides no demonstration whatsoever of why this belongs in an encyclopedia rather than a Degrassi fansite. Delete or merge into a character list unless real sources demonstrating real notability can actually be added. Bearcat (talk) 22:37, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Gloss's concerns and examples above. Similar character articles are deleted if there are not enough sources for notability outside of the particular show; this one should be too. Hustlecat ^{do it!} 20:42, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Deadbeef 21:47, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, basically just a regurgitation of plot summaries for a fictional TV character that doesn't meet the WP:GNG. Cleanup, in this case, means deletion. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 22:13, 15 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]
• Delete - Per the WP:GNG guidelines, and the precedent examples listed by Gloss above. ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:43, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - lacks sufficient sources, not notable or encyclopedic. Even real people, such as TV news reporters are not notable, much less fictional TV show characters. Eating Glass Is Bad (talk) 22:43, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or merge per Bearcat. Becky Sayles (talk) 07:12, 19 November 2014 (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.