Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Essen

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 Batman supporting characters. Daniel (talk) 05:44, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Essen

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I am skipping PROD since this is a Batman character, but I doubt there is much to do here. The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline requirement nor the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) supplementary essay. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. The article doesn't have any development/reception section, all I am seeing are plot summaries, and a minor one at that. A redirect to List of Batman supporting characters is probably the best option here. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:41, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:41, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:41, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Redirection is not accomplished by deletion. If we were to merge the topic then a better target would be James Gordon (character) but as that page is over 100K, we're best leaving well alone. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:02, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per reasons designated by Andrew Davidson. To keep relevant information much material would have to be redirected to the James Gordon (character) page, which could make it unwieldy.Bjones (talk) 01:11, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is not an argument for keeping. If there is too much WP:ALLPLOT-summarizing WP:FANCRUFT, it just has to be pruned away. We are not fandom and we are not a repository of excessive plot summaries. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - Article largely relies on primary sources, and the article from Variety only briefly discusses the character. Fails notability guidelines. Waxworker (talk) 01:25, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Keep or Redirect?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Enos733 (talk) 13:41, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect/Merge to List of Batman supporting characters - Nearly all of the sources are primary, and the only one currently that isn't is just passing coverage. Searching for any additional sources turns up more of the same - outside of primary sources and plot summaries, there is only brief mentions of the character in reliable, secondary sources. The character is currently only listed on the Batman supporting characters list without any additional information, so merging a couple of sentences describing who she is would probably be needed. Rorshacma (talk) 16:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Batman supporting characters as it seems the article does not pass GNG and the character list is a natural alternative to deletion. Rhino131 (talk) 20:54, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the suggestions of @Andrew Davidson: and @Bjones: or merge with List of Batman supporting characters while placing all her media appearances in her section like they did with Vesper Fairchild. --Rtkat3 (talk) 16:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Batman supporting characters as it seems, the article does not pass GNG or merge if someone can find something to rescue here. - GizzyCatBella🍁 06:42, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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