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Fictional elements

Bendy (character)

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Article does not assert notability and is cited to unreliable sources. Attempts were made to redirect it, but they were reverted under the logic that it was featured on a different language Wikipedia, which is not a valid argument to keep an article. Cukie Gherkin (talk) 21:47, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. Pure WP:FANCRUFT. λ NegativeMP1 21:52, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect to Bendy and the Ink Machine#Plot. ApexParagon (talk) 22:13, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per nom. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:34, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grasshopper (character)

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A minor comic book character who has literally no SIGCOV, only being referenced in Valnet sources. There is no possible notability I can find for this character, as a search yields nothing else. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 21:10, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep or merge with List of DC Comics characters: G in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. --Rtkat3 (talk) 16:29, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great Intelligence

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Genuinely surprised by the lack of coverage that exists for this character. I was hoping to improve his article, as its current Reception is primarily plucking smaller quotes and trivial mentions from larger episode reviews, but a search through News, Books, and Scholar yielded very little. All I found was plot summary of the character's appearances and trivial, scattered mentions that don't amount to SIGCOV. The few hits I found that were even close to significant- and indeed the only coverage in the current article that is- are about the Yeti, creations of the Intelligence who somehow have more actual tangible discussion than the Intelligence. This character just lacks any form of significant coverage to justify a whole article, and per NOPAGE, I'd support a redirect or merge to the Yeti article, as they are the subject most closely associated with the Intelligence and thus the best place to put information regarding the Intelligence's character. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Fred VII

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No reliable sources. All the so-called references are GI Joe publications. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:29, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Domdaniel

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No significant coverage for this fictional place. SL93 (talk) 23:20, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. Doesn't have enough coverage to pass WP:GNG. WP:BEFORE is hard here, because domdaniel is also a word meaning "a den of inquiry",[1]. There's also a WP:NOTDIC issue here where the article just extracts WP:OR of various times the word has been used. It seems to have been coined in One Thousand and One Nights, so there could be a valid WP:ATD as a search term. Shooterwalker (talk) 13:22, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of mythological places as an WP:Alternative to deletion. This is a relevant place in two works of fiction, which is referenced in a number of younger works of fiction as can be seen in the number of primary and secondary sources both present in the article and especially those appearing in the WP:BEFORE search. This role and connectivity in my view goes beyond a dictionary definition, so this should have some place on Wikipedia. Presence in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable indicates that as well. There's a rather extensive discussion in this paper on the Thalaba version. Oriental influences in the English Literature of the early nineteenth century, p. 25, discusses the Arabian Nights - Thalaba connection. Britain and the Muslim World, p. 132 has an interesting one-sentence-comparison to Hogwarts. The secondary sources I've seen in a brief search are short on the Domdaniel beyond the specific work of Thalaba, so I don't think a stand-alone article is warranted so far, but deletion would be a loss. Daranios (talk) 07:40, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Gormogon (Bones)

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A minor character in the Bones TV series. BEFORE turns up only reviews of episodes he featured in and a few scarce interviews; there is nothing actually discussing the impact, reception, or anything of this character. I'd suggest an AtD redirect to List of Bones characters. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 02:11, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect. Current entry is just plot summary (WP:FANCRUFT that shows zero-level WP:GNG. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:10, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Piotrus. Without significant coverage about its reception, this doesn't meet WP:GNG or WP:NOT. Redirect makes sense as an WP:ATD, where it can be mentioned in context of more appropriate article. Shooterwalker (talk) 13:11, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spencer Reid

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Largely not sourced, entirely plot summary. Character does not pass WP:GNG. From a search, lot of casting news, but that cannot sustain an article on a fictional character. Can redirect to the series or character article. PARAKANYAA (talk) 19:52, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nominator. The evidence doesn't really support notability, per WP:SIGCOV. Shooterwalker (talk) 13:09, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Criminal Minds at an alternative to deletion per nom. ✗plicit 23:39, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ambrosiawater (talk) 04:06, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I agree with the nominator that the article could use more sources and be restructured to not appear as a plot summary. However, that warrants editing and adding to the article, not deleting it. Spencer Reid is a notable figure, and he is frequently the topic of news articles. Here's just one example: https://www.today.com/popculture/dont-hold-your-breath-waiting-reid-seaver-hookup-criminal-minds-wbna41896074 DocZach (talk) 01:28, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is a cast member interview and is not secondary. PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:15, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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