Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Wheeler

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 Merge to List of Degrassi characters. Merge rather than redirect so the list can be structured à la List of Degrassi: The Next Generation characters. czar ⨹ 14:58, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Non notable character and article is unreferenced. Does not meet GNG. Also per recent AfDs for similar characters in the series: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tessa Campanelli, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holly J. Sinclair, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Stone (Degrassi character), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Cameron all which were closed as delete/redirect. Gloss 18:21, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:43, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:43, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:43, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is not a non-notable character as the nominator suggests. It's a major character in a culturally-significant program. See the following: 1, 2, 3, [1], 4, 5. Tchaliburton (talk) 06:43, 22 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, Natg 19 (talk) 01:09, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge with List of Degrassi characters, which should be restructured. The sources provided by User:Tchaliburton are mostly about the actor, who already has his own article. I couldn't find enough information on the character to merit a standalone article, but inclusion as part of a list makes sense. --Cerebellum (talk) 08:47, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect per nom and Cerebellum. This is just an unreferenced in-universe bio of him, written entirely in the style of a Degrassi fansite and containing no real world context to properly demonstrate his suitability as a standalone topic in an encyclopedia. Tchaliburton's sources, further, are not about this character in his own right, but about the actor who played him — so they're legitimate sourcing for our article on Neil Hope, absolutely, but they do not transfer notability onto the character if the character himself isn't their subject. All any of them can actually add to this article is sourcing for the introduction — they do not add any contextual value to the body of the article, or demonstrate any reason why the character would warrant a standalone article instead of inclusion in a character list. Bearcat (talk) 20:04, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to List of Degrassi characters as per above no evidence of notability to warrant its own article. –Davey2010 • (talk) 16:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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