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- Wile E. Coyote (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I propose merging this article to Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. Obviously, Wile E. Coyote is a very notable character. This has been discussed a few times previously since this new split came into existence, and as I have outlined at Talk:Wile E. Coyote#Concerns about GA, I do not believe a separate split for this character is warranted from the wider article discussing him together with the Road Runner. To clarify and be explicit, since this is a recurring problem in this new discussion format: I am *not* nominating for deletion. This is a merge discussion, and all content from Wile E.'s page would be, ideally, retained in the shared Road Runner article, which already covers Wile E. Coyote. That article would ideally be where information on him would be covered going forward.
For starters, nearly all coverage about Wile E. is about his chasing of the Road Runner, and many sources discuss this (For example, , , , to name a few). Even in sources largely about Coyote, the discussion is almost always about the impact of Coyote chasing the Road Runner, or otherwise being involved with him (In particular the WSJ source does a good job covering information about both). While there are some sources about Coyote solo, the coverage and discussion of him chasing the Road Runner is such a prominent part of his character that removing that aspect leaves a much less detailed page; indeed, the creator of this split has even said in the above discussion multiple of the above strong sources were excluded due to being better coverage in the shared article.
The shared article is in worse shape, but the information from this article, plus the above sources, should combine together to form a sizeable improvement on the parent. Sources seem to dictate these characters are more known together than apart, and even in sources only covering Wile E. they make note of highlighting his association with the Road Runner. Thus, I see no need for a separate content split that only fractures the relevant information of these characters across multiple pages, which is a disservice to readers when a more comprehensive, complete article using the sources that exist are better together than apart. I do believe readers would benefit from this merger overall. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 19:35, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- Comment Also noting, since I forgot to mention: There was a prior AfD on this topic that was procedurally closed due to a lack of deletion/merger criteria. That discussion closed with a note that this could be re-opened without prejudice if actual rationale has been presented, and I hope to use this discussion to finally attempt to gain a proper, policy-based consensus on the matter.
- Pinging @Launchballer to share their thoughts as page creator, especially as they agreed in the above talk page discussion to use this merge discussion to finally settle this matter about the two Coyote pages. Feel free to share your perspective on this here. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 19:37, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- Retain separately Nom's opinion, if normative, could be used to merge any character list to its franchise. The normative guideline text from N is:
Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material.
That is, the fact that the Roadrunner is discussed with most or all Wile E. references does not impair the notability or standalone article suitability of this particular hapless coyote. Jclemens (talk) 20:36, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- What's probably a better way to handle this is to have both Roadrunner and this article be WP:SS children of the proposed merge target. The decision to not have separate articles for separate characters is not particularly justified by its age. Jclemens (talk) 21:04, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- On Wikipedia, we go by the sources and how they define subjects, not by any other metric. If significant coverage covers them as a package deal, why would we split information by covering them separately? This has been the case for numerous articles discussing multiple characters in the past and has been determined by consensus on multiple occasions. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 21:53, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: the intended proposed target is actually titled Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (the nominal target is a redirect to there). Separately, I'll note that the inclusion of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner in popular culture in the "AfDs for this article" list is another false positive of how that box works (including any pages whose titles start with the name of this page), since while obviously that long-deleted article related to the topic (and the proposed target) it also wasn't obviously simply an article on Wile E. Coyote. (No opinion on the merge proposal.). WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:52, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- Comment. The current situation is certainly messy, with Road Runner redirecting to a disambig that lists Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner as the relevant article, but with Wile E. Coyote having a standalone article. Given sources like , and without a proper analysis of others, I am unsure if both characters have stand-alone notability, or if they are primarily notable as a group (the cited article is on the surface about Willie, but it mentions RR a lot too, so if it is one of the best sources for Willie stand-alone notability, eh, I am not impressed). In either case, the solution is to either have separate articles on both (A and B), or a duo (A+B), not A and A+B. If there is no clear consensus to have two separate articles, I weakly support a merge into a duo. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:43, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
- I will note that there is precedent elsewhere on Wikipedia to have A, B, and A+B as articles (Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller comes to mind). Not voicing an opinion on whether that should be done in this case, just noting that it has happened before. QuicoleJR (talk|edits) 17:07, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
- Hero Cruz (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: C#Hero Cruz due to a lack of in-depth discussion in his sources, just entries in larger books/encyclopedias. Emcgonigle (talk) 14:18, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
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- Merge I don't know how to access the sources but the titles seem to indicate a failure in WP:SIGCOV. Additionally, I could not find any other reliable sources with a search on Google. 🌲ThePinewall🌲 21:07, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
- @Emcgonigle @ThePinewall Both are just few clicks away in Anna's Archive, I've checked. Before we judge this is non-notable, we should look inside and check if SIGCOV is there or not. Otherwise it's a failure of WP:BEFORE (forgive me, I am too busy to check myself - this should be one by the nom; I understand the nom might not have been aware of AA - but that's fixed now, cheers :>). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:48, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
- Computo (character) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I propose merging to List of DC Comics characters: C#Computo due almost all sources being primary or minor entries in lists. Emcgonigle (talk) 03:45, 9 November 2026 (UTC)
- I also propose the other character named Computo , for the same issues:
Following participants' suggestions, a merge notice was added to List of DC Comics characters: C#Computo on 13 November. As such, this discussion may need to be relisted to give that page's editors time to comment.Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, FaviFake (talk) 01:51, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
- Weak support. The first article cites quite a few printed sources, but has no content outside plot summary, which suggests that cited sources are non-academic illustrated plot summaries/primary sources, or there is no SIGCOV (or, of course, that the article creators didn't know how to write proper encyclopedic content...). Ideally, we should check cited printed sources to verify there is no meaningful, non-plot content, however. The second article sourcing is worse on the surface; although it has a tiny reception with a ling to a source that seems borderline meeting SIGCOV and RS . Just one borderline source about non-plot, non-catalogue elements is not enough to prove notability, unfortunately. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:53, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
- The Cartoon Network, Inc. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I propose merging to Cartoon Network because this is just merely the legal entity holding the CN trademarks and TV shows and Adult Swim, in 2022, when Michael Ouweleen took over Cartoon Network and Boomerang things changed… for real. SBF2004 (talk) 15:25, 3 November 2026 (UTC)
- Keep as-is Per WP:SIZESPLIT; the entire reason this article exists is because it would overload the main channel about the article, and I don't see cause to merge anything. Nathannah • 📮 17:23, 3 November 2026 (UTC)
- Keep Nah, I'll keep that article for reason. Marcel Ntim (talk) 17:59, 3 November 2026 (UTC)
- Merge: No reason this needs its own article. Trivialist (talk) 01:05, 4 November 2026 (UTC)
- Merge. The operating company is not independently notable from the thing it operates (and this is kind of a general principle). I do find Cartoon Network a bit cluttered, but it's cluttered with directory data (under "units") and already contains a lot of the company's ownership history, and I think the topics are not actually distinct. It's OK if the article is long and has a lot of sections, though I think it might need some condensing and cleanup. FalconK (talk) 06:02, 4 November 2026 (UTC)
- Keep Large enough. Qualified sources talk about them as 2 different topics. THEZDRX (User) | (Contact) 07:07, 4 November 2026 (UTC)
- Keep, Cartoon Network is at 58k, The Cartoon Network, Inc. is at 68k, if merged that would be 126k which meets WP:TOOBIG and urges an article split. This is what is the case now. Why return to this issue?--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 18:29, 4 November 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: There is overlap and things that don't need to be included in either article. Trivialist (talk) 01:36, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Comment that would still make the article too big if it was added back. TheRandomfanguy (talk) 18:13, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Keep the Cartoon Network page is big enough as it already is. TheRandomfanguy (talk) 18:16, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- CatherineOfSiena (talk) 23:29, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- What do you have to say about the size of The Cartoon Network, Inc.? THEZDRX (User) | (Contact) 12:54, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
- Merge – Most of the heft of the article is made up by the very sparsely sourced history of its channels, much of which I suspect could not be sourced adequately without scraping primary sources & directory listings, at which point WP:TVGUIDE comes into play. Of the remainders, "History" appears to be mostly redundant to History of Cartoon Network, which only leaves the modestly sized "Global expansion" to be merged. Stikkyy (talk) 00:40, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- Keep It won't be possible to merge given the huge size of the article. I havent seen anyone doubting the notability so far. WalkingDisks (talk) 03:41, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla Ohhhhhh, no! 18:53, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
- Merge per WP:OVERLAP. No need for a separate page and the size of the article would be short enough per RightCowLeftCoast, especially considering the duplicated and unsourced content that will be discarded once the merge is performed. Notability is indeed required for a standalone page, and it is not sufficient for one. I see no convincing reason here that readers would be better served by having the information on two separate pages, per WP:PAGEDECIDE, quite the opposite actually. FaviFake (talk) 00:28, 12 November 2026 (UTC)
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The result was merge to List of DC Comics characters: S#Scalphunter. Owen× ☎ 16:48, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
- Scalphunter (DC Comics) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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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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- Weak support. The article cites quite some printed sources but has no content beyond a plot summary, which suggests the cited sources are non-academic illustrated plot summaries/primary sources, or there is no SIGCOV (or, of course, that the article creators didn't know how to write proper encyclopedic content...). Ideally, we should check cited printed sources to verify there is no meaningful, non-plot content, however. The nom should try to confirm the printed sources have no SIGCOV, ideally, per WP:BEFORE. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:00, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
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The result was merge to List of DC Comics characters: J#Jeannette. Owen× ☎ 16:46, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
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The result was merge to List of DC Comics characters: S#Scorch. Owen× ☎ 16:48, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Star Mississippi 17:10, 14 November 2026 (UTC)
- League of Assassins (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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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)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related AfD discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:27, 28 October 2026 (UTC)
- 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)
- In fact, Wikipedia:Disambiguations are cheap. Jacksonvil (talk|contribs) 08:24, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Delete Per WP:TWOOTHER. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:55, 1 November 2026 (UTC)
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- List of DC Universe (franchise) cast members (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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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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- Keep I do not see any problem with the article. It is a valid spinout of DC Universe (franchise) due to size, and is also well sourced. I think an AfD is a better place to develop consensus for inclusion than a talk page. The draft/its history can always be merged into this page if there are any issues. Kelob2678 (talk) 23:11, 3 November 2026 (UTC)
- I think 3 films and 3 shows are enough to have a standalone article. This page is 100,000 bytes and cites more than 100 sources. This much content just doesn't fit into the parent article. The AfC history of the draft is not really relevant to this AfD discussion. Kelob2678 (talk) 08:59, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
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- Keep as a valid spinout. The article is well-sourced and definitely fits WP:NLIST with each entry being sourced to an established perennial media. Also, I don't see the rationale for there being a WP:TOOSOON here as the DCU is about 11 years old now (I know it keeps getting a reboot). Conyo14 (talk) 18:08, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: This list is only about the reboot franchise that has existed since the end of 2024, and many of the cast members listed remain unsourced or have no known roles to warrant listing. This is not a spin-off of the main DCU article because that is a summary of each individual project-specific article, where the applicable cast members may presently be located. 3 films and 3 shows hardly warrant a separate cast list. It appears my concerns are not being adequately addressed when it comes to the issues present in this list. Point is that this list should not have been unilaterally moved to evade the AfC process after the WP:STATUSQUO consensus determined it was not yet ready for the mainspace, and this WP:CONTENTFORK should not be allowed to continue until a proper discussion to the move the more stable draft is held, which should have happened before this was created. — Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 22:38, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Should this list be kept, I will aim to resolve the issues raised by properly moving the draft to the mainspace. This list was only created as a fork in the mainspace because the creator wanted to add the parenthetical franchise DAB to the draft but lacks page mover permissions and initially resorted to making a competing draft for a cut-paste move, which this mainspace list is. The mainspace list is missing significant elements present in the draft, has reference errors, is largely orphaned, and is blatantly against consensus and standard procedure, though I am willing to adequately bring the draft to the mainspace by overwriting this mainspace article title in the name of facilitating a compromise, which does not condone the egregious content fork effort to evade the standard consensus-building discussion process that is expected of all editors and something annihilation has been repeatedly warned about (though I know this is not the place to handle behavioral matters, however relevant they may be to this discussion). — Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 22:49, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- See I can never keep track of the reboots. There have been... 3 films in the series so far? I mean, hmm that's not bad. I'd be okay with merging to an expanded DC film list (if one such exists). Conyo14 (talk) 04:04, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
- Delete – This franchise has not lasted long enough to justify a standalone article (WP:NOPAGE), and the future of the franchise as-we-know-it is uncertain (being optimistic here — it's probably dead). Normally, I would say "draftify" in case a split does become justified in the future, but since there is already an existing draft in the draftspace (Draft:List of DC Universe cast members), this one should either be deleted or hist-merged. InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:17, 10 November 2026 (UTC)
- I'm stumped by the fact that we have TWO different "List of DCU cast members" pages (one here, another in Draft), but not a single "List of Sony's Spider-Man Universe cast members" page, even though the Sonyverse lasted longer, had more entries, and had (comparatively speaking, that is) a much greater sense of cohesion (even the whole "movies about Spider-Man but without Spider-Man in them" thing is already a more tangible link between those movies than anything in the DCU).
- What I'm saying is, if the Sonyverse is deemed not "notable" enough to have such a page, then the DCU shouldn't have such a page, either. Agustinaldo (talk) 10:39, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
- The draft predated this premature list's mainspace creation. The Sony universe does not warrant a separate list page because it does not have as extensive material, ditto for the DCU at this point. That is made more concerning with the fate of the DCU now being up in the air, so it seems unlikely that this list will become as extensive as the MCU equivalent cast lists to warrant such a split at this time. — Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 17:55, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
- The SSU is dead, like the DCU. And, like the DCU, it did not have enough installments to warrant a standalone cast-list article. InfiniteNexus (talk) 18:11, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
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