Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Coltons

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 keep. MBisanz ^talk 01:44, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Coltons

Delete - nothing indicates that this fictional family has any shred of independent notability. Otto4711 (talk) 07:15, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge suitiably. Notability within the series is sufficient. Arranging characters by families is an extremely good idea and should be encouraged. DGG (talk) 08:33, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect. Relatively minor characters, but perfectly suitable to cover within the universe of the main article. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:32, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Altogether, a Colton was a prominent guest in seven different episodes, including one in which they all appeared together. That particular episode, in which MacGyver was a minor character and the Coltons (all well-known actors: Della Reese, Cleavon Little, Cuba Gooding Jr.) were prominent, had been filmed as a television pilot, and I think that real world notability could probably be shown. I'm not enough of a MacGyver fan for that particular task, but if someone were to do some looking, I think the criteria could be satisfied. Mandsford (talk) 14:07, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Appearing in seven episodes of a show does not make one notable. Notability is not inherited, thus, guest stars do not inherit the notability of the show they appear in. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 15:45, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep While the characters were not major plot figures in the series' complete run, notability is confirmed. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:15, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If there is no reason to believe that this fictional family have been the subject of non-trivial coverage by multiple secondary sources, then the article fails to meet our notability requirements. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:50, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as I do not see anything to indicate they are not notable either as they can be verified in published books and that this episode was not just an episode of MacGyver but also an intended pilot for a spinoff show adds to its notability. Perhaps this article should be rewritten instead to be about the episode than the characters? --A Nobody^{My talk} 16:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/redirect/delete - The article doesn't establish notability, so it doesn't need to exist. TTN (talk) 01:05, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.