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Blue Eagle (character)

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I propose merging to Squadron Supreme or List of Marvel Comics characters: B#Blue Eagle. A lack of notable sources exist for the character. Emcgonigle (talk) 12:13, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

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Scalphunter (DC Comics)

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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: S#Scalphunter because of a lack of good secondary sources, consisting of encyclopedia entries and blogs. Emcgonigle (talk) 01:06, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

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Emrys Killebrew

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics characters: K#Killebrew due to a lack of in depth secondary sources. Emcgonigle (talk) 00:44, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

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Jeannette (comics)

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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: J#Jeannette. She has one secondary source and its a tweet by her creator. Emcgonigle (talk) 00:24, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

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New Moon: The Graphic Novel

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I propose redirecting to Twilight: The Graphic Novel because: Appears to fail WP:NBOOK. As far as I can tell this release got put on 'indefinite hiatus' (or, rather, cancelled) after the second volume, and I am unable to find any reviews or analysis of what was successfully released. What little real-world information there is would probably be best served on the previous entry's article, with a note that the releases apparently stopped after the second volume. ScalarFactor (talk) 21:36, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

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House of Odd

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I propose redirecting to Odd Thomas (character)#Novels because the article fails WP:GNG, no significant coverage in reliable sources. The book source seems only a passing mention: . Mika1h (talk) 14:51, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

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Matojo

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Anything I find in English or Spanish on this cartoon character fail WP:SIGCOV; thus, I believe the character fails WP:GNG. Z. Patterson (talk) 22:49, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

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Rakshasa Street

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I do not think this manhua is notable. The only source I can find for reception is a source from The Times of India, and everything else I find in Chinese, Japanese, and English are announcements or listicles. John B123 tagged the article for notability concerns in September 2026. Z. Patterson (talk) 22:36, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

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Zook (character)

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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: Z#Zook due to a lack of sources. Emcgonigle (talk) 14:56, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

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Scorch (comics)

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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: S#Scorch due to a lack of secondary sources outside of encyclopedia entries. Emcgonigle (talk) 14:55, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

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League of Assassins (disambiguation)

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The Arrow episode and Order of assassins can become a hatnote in the main article. The other instance is just another link to the main page Emcgonigle (talk) 01:45, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

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Delete: Per nom. But what to do about the Order of Assassins? Kailash29792 (talk) 02:05, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
Could either be a "see" or a "for-multiple" hatnote or put into the see also section? Emcgonigle (talk) 14:53, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
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Weak keep League of Assassins (Arrowverse) does point to League of Assassins, but to a subsection, so there is some navigational worth there, and this is the home for the Order of Assassins in See also. So I find this somewhat more elegant and helpful than purely a hatnote, and I also believe WP:REDIRECTSARECHEAP applies more or less to this disambiguation page, too. Daranios (talk) 12:28, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

Box (comics)

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics characters: B#Box because it relies almost entirely on primary sources and a Marvel encyclopedia. Emcgonigle (talk) 14:27, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Jerry Jaxon

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics characters: J#Jerry Jaxon due to a lack of sources, two primary and one encyclopedia. Emcgonigle (talk) 14:19, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Keep or merge with List of Marvel Comics characters: J in the spirit of WP:ATD-M. --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:22, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Solarr

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics characters: S#Solarr due to none of its secondary sourcing discussing the character in detail. Emcgonigle (talk) 14:18, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Merge to that list: Sure, nothing in article goes beyond plot and catalogue info. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:40, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

The Film Fan

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Article was redirected because none of the source gave any indepth coverage to this 7 minute film. Best sources I could find are barely more than a passing mention, like this one or database-like entries like this one. Enough for a short entry in a list, not enough to warrant a stand-alone article. Redirect was reverted, so AfD it is. Fram (talk) 09:07, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Redirect to Looney_Tunes_and_Merrie_Melodies_filmography_(1930–1939)#1939. I wasn't able to find enough mention to establish how this is notable. I can't verify all of the sources in the article, but offhand it looks like it may be passing mentions. I'm also concerned that the source I could check, Doing Their Bit, doesn't mention this short at all. Going by the page count, it looks like the source refers to entirely different shorts, "Naughty Neighbors" and "Old Glory". I tried searching just for "film fan" but couldn't find any mention and the short isn't listed in the featured characters section, which presumably lists the shorts discussed in the book. As such, this makes the other sources a bit questionable. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:10, 27 October 2026 (UTC)
@ReaderofthePack Doing Their Bit reference is removed due to error, but I did find from animation historian J.B. Kaufman which counts as significant coverage, which is sufficient alongside the two other print sources. Go D. Usopp (talk) 02:09, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
Can you give some information on how much detail is given in the sources? I was able to get into the Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons through Internet Archive and the selected pages are just basic lists of cartoons, among which is presumably this short. It's not really in-depth coverage. What shorts are given more info are limited to just a brief capsule synopsis. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:00, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
@ReaderofthePack The web source I listed is in-depth coverage. Go D. Usopp (talk) 01:02, 29 October 2026 (UTC)
Can you give a bit more info than that? Like what type of stuff does it discuss? How many sentences or paragraphs specifically discuss this film? ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 13:14, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

List of DC Universe (franchise) cast members

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This is a blatant WP:CONTENTFORK of Draft:List of DC Universe cast members, which has been developed for much longer, has a retention of the actual editing history of much of the contents of this fork to WP:PRESERVE said contributions, and the draft was previously contested from AfC submission over concerns that it lacked notability. The author of this list was made aware of that when they attempted a cut-and-paste move of the draft's title to add the "franchise" parenthetical disambiguator, yet they have clearly ignored concerns about this fork's existence and failed to engage with the draft editors to gauge whether consensus on notability has changed (it hasn't).

This list should remain incubating in the draftspace until consensus determines it yields independent notability beyond just 3 released films and 3 release shows' cast members being compiled together, especially when they may all be found in the individual media articles and do not have much content overlap that is discussed as a broad list topic amongst reputable sources. This DC franchise is still in its infancy, so while it may be tempting to replicate the work done on the MCU cast members list, this remains WP:TOOSOON in its own right. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥^{(discuss · contribs)} 04:54, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Factor Three

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations due to a lack of secondary sources, two of them being encyclopedia entries Emcgonigle (talk) 03:07, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Merge per nominator and WP:ATD. Article needs WP:RELIABLE secondary sources without which a full article cannot be produced. Merge is good in this case. Archrogue (talk) 15:23, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Ogre (Marvel Comics)

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics characters: O because it cites no secondary sources. Emcgonigle (talk) 03:05, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Resistants

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations due to a lack of notable secondary sources. They have limited appearances in the comics as well. Emcgonigle (talk) 02:55, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

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Merge quick WP:BEFORE search did not turn up WP:RELIABLE sources to produce a full article. Support WP:ATD. Archrogue (talk) 15:21, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Volstagg

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I propose redirecting to List of Marvel Comics characters: V because nothing in the article nor my BEFORE suggests this character is notable. Article is just a plot summary and list of appearances, with no reception or analysis. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:00, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

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~~Delete~~: per nom, no evidence of standalone notability. Over half the references used in the article are primary. Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 13:35, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Striking this and changing to a merge per below rationales. Honestly don't know why I didn't consider that before. Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 19:15, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Merge to List of Marvel Comics characters: V as an alternative to deletion. Fiction Fanatic III (talk) 15:25, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
Merge, probably to List of Marvel Comics characters: V, in the spirit of WP:ATD. Volstagg does have an entry in The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, and appears in academic publications like "'Shakespeare in the Park?': William Shakespeare and the Marvel Cinematic Universe", but the amount of commentary may be too little to support a stand-alone article. What I believe once again does not make sense is a pure redirect, as it would point to a section which only contains a link back here. Daranios (talk) 16:40, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
Keep or merge with either Warriors Three or List of Marvel Comics characters: P in the spirit of WP:ATD-M and per the suggestion of @Daranios:. Is the nominator also planning to do AFD's for Fandral and Hogun too? --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:00, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
Merge per WP:ATD and per other editors building WP:CONSENSUS instead of WP:BATTLEGROUNDS. Archrogue (talk) 15:20, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Doctor Bedlam

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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: D#Doctor Bedlam due to his secondary sources being DC encyclopedias and a list of scribblenauts summons. Emcgonigle (talk) 00:37, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

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Bernadeth

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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: B#Bernadeth due to her secondary sources consisting of DC Comics encyclopedias which cover many characters, and routine voice acting and list mentions. Emcgonigle (talk) 00:33, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

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Keep or merge with List of DC Comics characters: B in the spirit of WP:ATD-M. --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:23, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
@Rtkat3 To clarify, your preferred outcome would be keep, right? FaviFake (talk) 17:46, 27 October 2026 (UTC)
Either outcome will do. --Rtkat3 (talk) 17:20, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

Powerhouse (Marvel Comics)

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I propose redirecting to List of Marvel Comics characters: P because the article fails WP:GNG. Minor Marvel character (or a semi-disambig for three), nothing but plot summary. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:36, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

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Merge to List of Marvel Comics characters: P as WP:Alternative to deletion, as there is not enough coverarge in secondary sources for a stand-alone article. Once again a redirect as suggested in the nomination makes little sense, as the suggested target currently only contains a link back here on the character, nothing more, so that would not be helpful for the reader. Daranios (talk) 11:19, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
Merge to List of Marvel Comics characters: P in the spirit of WP:ATD-M and per the suggestion of @Daranios:. --Rtkat3 (talk) 01:58, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
Merge in the spirit of WP:ATD and per helpful editors who build bridges WP:NOTBATTLEGROUND. Archrogue (talk) 15:19, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Hugo the Abominable Snowman

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Non-notable character who has only appeared twice. Article uses a single print source with minimal coverage aside from trivial appearances. I propose merging to The Abominable Snow Rabbit for this reason. Go D. Usopp (talk) 13:23, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

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Merge selectively per nom, not enough sources and WP:SHORTTEXT. FaviFake (talk) 22:06, 24 October 2026 (UTC)
Keep or merge with List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters in the spirit of WP:ATD-M. --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:25, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier

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Zero significant coverage of these characters outside of the two shorts they are in. One of these characters is literally Hector the Bulldog in clothes with no other aspect to be distinguished. Go D. Usopp (talk) 09:26, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

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Keep or merge with List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters in the spirit of WP:ATD-M. To the nominator, Spike the Bulldog does appear to be a recolored and clothed version of Hector the Bulldog. --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:23, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Motu Patlu Stone Age Adventures

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I propose merging to Motu Patlu because this spinoff series fails WP:GNG by a considerable margin and its article is entirely originally-researched fancruft. Also Looks AI-generated to me.. Goobab (talk) 14:09, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related article:

Goobab (talk) 14:14, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Redirect both – No sources means there's nothing to merge. FaviFake (talk) 15:58, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Fair point. I suppose a more thorough search could bring up maybe one or two reliable sources proving it exists, but even then I agree the contents of the article should be stubbed if merged at all. Goobab (talk) 16:04, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

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Redirect both to Motu Patlu. Literally no notability, c.f. https://www.google.com/search?q=Motu+Patlu+Stone+Age+Adventures — SimpleObjects-9ei 🎃 (trick or treat 👻) 21:54, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
Redirect both to Motu Patlu. The show premiered only on 12 October and is sourced to a JioCinema listing and a Facebook post, with no independent SIGCOV yet to meet WP:GNG. EmilyR34 (talk) 16:27, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

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The result was keep. RL0919 (talk) 13:35, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

Ronan the Accuser

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I propose merging to List of Marvel Comics characters: R because the article fails WP:GNG. It's just a plot summary and publication history, with no reception or analysis. My BEFORE failed to find better sources - just mentions in passing in Google Scholar academic sources (plot-based, not analytical) and low-quality listicles and like in news search. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:17, 14 October 2026 (UTC)

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Merge per nominator's rationale. FaviFake (talk) 19:40, 14 October 2026 (UTC)
Keep As Ronan the Accuser (Marvel Cinematic Universe) points back here as the main article, I assume both the comic and the MCU incarnation are within the scope of this article. There are a number of articles on the topic, which individually have limited commentary, but in my view collectively provide enough coverage to support a full article, therefore fullfilling WP:WHYN. Web articles include , , , , . We also have an extended section in Entertainment Weekly, and some academic analysis in Wonder Women and Bad Girls, p. 52 and p. 208. Daranios (talk) 15:21, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
@Daranios I am sorry, I usually respect your soruces, but I spot checked [2] above () and it is just a single sentence. I looked at few others and I am not seeing any SIGCOV (what page in the EW is the section you mention? The link opens on the front cover). Sadly, I also cannot access p. 52 and p. 208 in the other source. If you think there is enough here to write a decent reception and/or analysis, could you take a stab at this? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:56, 22 October 2026 (UTC)
@Piotrus: Drat, once again I have the impression that Google Books reduces access after books are linked. So, I cannot see the content in question any more either and cannot add to the article. For the Entertainment Weekly it was several pages in the much-picture-little-text style of the pages still visible. As for the Digital Spy article, it has one sentence with the name Ronan, but everything from the title to "got a little messy." is on the character. I've added that bit of reception/background accordingly, although I don't know if I did a very good job of translating Gunn's behind-the-scenes info. Daranios (talk) 15:04, 22 October 2026 (UTC)
Keep per the claims that were made by @Daranios: --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:42, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 17:05, 22 October 2026 (UTC)

Keep after improvements made since the beginning of the discussion, and per sources found by Daranios. BOZ (talk) 22:23, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

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Template:R comics with possibilities (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R with possibilities (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:R comics from alternative name (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R from alternative name (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:R comics to list entry (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R to list entry (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:R comics from merge (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R from merge (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:R comics from related word (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R from related word (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:R comics to section (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R to section (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:R comics with possibilities with Template:R with possibilities; Template:R comics from alternative name with Template:R from alternative name; Template:R comics to list entry with Template:R to list entry; Template:R comics from merge with Template:R from merge; Template:R comics from related word with Template:R from related word; and Template:R comics to section with Template:R to section, respectively.
Note that this isn't a proposal to merge all these templates into one huge template, but to merge the comics redirect templates into their non-comics equivalents. I think the comics redirect templates should be merged into their respectively similary titled templates, without the word 'comics' in them, because they otherwise serve similar purposes, and I don't see the point of them being separate. I'm open to the proposals of the templates without the word 'comics' in their titles having the {{{comics}}} parameter instead if that's what Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics and its participants want. I'm surprised these proposals weren't made sooner. I've deliberately excluded 'Template:R comics naming convention' from this proposal because it serves a specific purpose and because there's no non-comics-related template similar to that one. PK2 (talk; contributions) 12:44, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Comment: I've deliberately listed all the above templates in this one discussion because I don't see the point in having separate discussions for each of the respective comics redirect templates and their non-comics equivalents. PK2 (talk; contributions) 00:05, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Comment: I'll wait for the rest of the discussion before formalizing my position here, but I don't find this template scheme in today's landscape the correct way. If this is a valid scheme for comics, then there is no reason why this isn't valid for films, television, horror, NZ politics, F1, etc. For the same reason I also don't think adding a parameter or having the categories (for example Category:Comics redirects from merges) are a good idea. Other media have templates such as {{R from film}}, {{R from television program}}, {{R from song}}. If comic books need a redirect template, then {{R from comics}} or {{R from comic book}} can be created (characters already have {{R from fictional character}}). If the comic book WikiProject wants to track their pages, then just add {{WikiProject Comics}} to the talk page of the redirect. Gonnym (talk) 15:59, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Support: I've long felt there are too many near-duplicate rcats. I see no reason to have separate versions just for comics. Alas, I don't work in comics articles so I'll leave it to others to hammer out the specifics. I see you've announced this TfD on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics, so that's good. — voidxor 19:03, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Comment: Not sure I completely understand the ask here. If you merge, for instance, Template:R with possibilities and Template:R to list entry, what are you wanting to merge them into? I've particularly used both of those redirect templates on numerous pages that have nothing to do with comics. Maybe instead of merging, you more correctly want to delete all of the "R comics..." type redirect templates, and simply start using the correct redirect templates? — TadgStirkland⁴⁰¹(Tadg^Talk-Email) 19:41, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@TadgStirkland401: The nominator wants to merge all the comics into the non-comics. I.e. merge the first with the second ("R comics with possibilities" with "R with possibilities"), the third with fourth ("R comics from alternative name" with "R from alternative name") and so on. Christian75 (talk) 20:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

As of 2025-11-09 I feel that the proposal is clear enough (replace all the "R comics" templates with their regular counterparts), and I weak support because this also seems unnecessarily redundant to me. If anyone has a good reason for keeping them then I'd be interested to hear it! But my hunch is that it's just historical cruft. Hopefully an automated replacement can also automatedly "add {{WikiProject Comics}} to the talk page of the redirect" or whatever (if anyone actually cares about that; I don't really know) as well. Dingolover6969 (talk) 05:36, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Support per voidxor. Christian75 (talk) 20:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Support the actual intent here. This was mislisted as a single merge (i.e. to one template), when the intent is clearly to merge {{R comics with possibilities}} to {{R with possibilities}}, then separately merge {{R comics from alternative name}} to {{R from alternative name}}, and so on. This should be done unless there's a compelling reason we need to divide each of these "R with/from/to generic_maintenance_categorization" rcats into topical subdivisions, and that comics in particular should be one of those subdivisions. (Even if that's actually true in some case, it is not necessarily true for all of them.) We shold do all of these merges in absence of a strong showing that one or more should not be merged. This is basically useless micro-intersection, of a sort that badly mixes categorization types and purposes. The identification of something as a comics topic is already accomplished (and is a reader- as well as editor-facing matter) by comics topical categories of the usual sort. Meanwhile, "R with/from/to generic_maintenance_categorization" categories are maintenance only and just editor-facing (nor do these generally need to be topically split, since editors working on categorization of, and other maintenance pertaining to, redirects that go in such categories are doing so on a cross-topical basis. Another way of putting it is that a redir being from an alternative name (or whatever) and it also pertaining to comics is a trivial intersection and non-defining characteristic. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 21:01, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
I've just clarified my proposal to request to merge the comics redirect templates into their regular non-comics equivalents. I've deliberately listed all the above templates in this one discussion because I don't see the point in having separate discussions for each of the respective comics redirect templates and their non-comics equivalents. PK2 (talk; contributions) 01:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Support what was presumably the intent here per SMcCandlish. There is no clear reason why comics, or any other topic, needs a distinct version of the general purpose RCAT templates. ~2025-31245-28 (talk) 22:30, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Support intent per SMcCandlish. Happy Editing -- IAm Chaos 23:18, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Support per SMcCandlish.· · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 03:49, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Support the actual intent here i.e. to abandon the need for comics to have their own set of redirect templates. The generic set of templates do the job perfectly well. BobKilcoyne (talk) 06:49, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Question to supports: You are all saying you support the nomination, but three of you said per "SMcCandlish" which (if I read correctly) isn't in support of continuing with the comic-specific categorization. So it would seem the intent here is to replace (or redirect), rather than merge any functionality. Gonnym (talk) 07:14, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Support, no need to differentiate FaviFake (talk) 18:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Only Support merging the comic variants of these R-cat templates into the corresponding general templates with matching names. For the avoidance of doubt, I Oppose merging the various R-cat templates that do not include the word comics. The proposal is badly worded and confusing at first glance. It would have been clearer if a separate proposal was made for each template that it was proposed to merge with its corresponding target template; as I interpret the proposal, it is only proposed to merge Template:R comics from merge into Template:R from merge, etc. This is not actually a proposal to merge all these templates together, even though it appears to be one based on the way the templates are listed. Hence my partial opposition. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:21, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
I've just clarified my proposal to request to merge the comics redirect templates into their regular non-comics equivalents. I've deliberately listed all the above templates in this one discussion because I don't see the point in having separate discussions for each of the respective comics redirect templates and their non-comics equivalents. PK2 (talk; contributions) 23:52, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Delete all the "redirect comics" after they have been replaces with the "normal" R-templates. My first vote was support, but it was unclear what I was supporting, but still per user:voidxor. strong oppose merging. Christian75 (talk) 08:24, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Support if I've understood correctly that this is fundamentally equivalent to replacing "R [media type] from [relationship between source and target article]", at least for those articles to do with comics. If we have "Redirect from alternative name", we don't need a more precise "Redirect from comic with alternative name", for example. I think I'm in agreement with BobKilcoyne. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 11:33, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Support per WP:NOPAGE Freddy^{[citation needed]} 18:47, 8 November 2025 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE ~SG 5536B 15:29, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
Question - Will this have any effect on the 109,000 uses of {{R with possibilities}} other than to add that template to a few comics redirects? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:51, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
- I have tried to clean up PK2's confusing nomination to make the intent clear. BD2412 T 18:05, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
  Thanks so much for doing that. PK2 (talk; contributions) 03:41, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
Support. Daask (talk) 16:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Support mergers of 'R comics xyz' to equivalent 'R xyz' templates and categories. The duplicate 'comics' categories serve no useful purpose. There is no clear rationale for comics' special treatment and this is likely to lead to inconsistent tagging. Oppose adding 'comics' parameter as I have not seen any rationale for adding this. Overall, I support simplifying Rcats and not having a million ways to subcategorize them unless there is a meaningful benefit to maintenance or another aspect of the project. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:47, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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