Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional United States marshals

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The result was delete. Sandstein 21:46, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional United States marshals

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Per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional vice presidents of the United States, if fictional vice presidents is not a valid list topic then US marshals are surely not. There is not even any assertion of the US marshals being notable characters within the work they appeared in. I can't for the life of me see the value of this list. Geschichte (talk) 21:46, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 21:58, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 21:58, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Very few of these characters have notability in the movies they play. Atleast not notable enough to be on Wikipedia. This seems like one of those articles about un-notable topics that nobody gets around to removing.Kieran207 (talk) 22:09, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Something like "law officers in fiction" might be notable but a list of fictional US marshals is certainly a trivial list. Rhino131 (talk) 22:51, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The United States Marshals Service played a key role, especially in the Old West, and accordingly has played a significant role in films and novels. Probably second only to the FBI in Hollywood history. There may well be a need to trim the list to significant characters, but characters such as Marshal Matt Dillon and Dennis Weaver from Gunsmoke, Rooster Cogburn from True Grit, Will Kane in High Noon, Marshal Sam Gerard in The Fugitive films and TV series, Clint Eastwood's character in Hang 'Em High, Dennis Weaver's character in McCloud, Artemus Gordon from The Wild Wild West, and John Wayne in Cahill U.S. Marshal are among the most significant and memorable characters ever developed in the U.S. Marshals genre. Good overviews of U.S. marshals in fiction can be found here and here. Cbl62 (talk) 00:40, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Most of the names from this list are not notable. Fails WP:LISTN. - Mukt (talk) 05:14, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The second source named by Cbl62 would be useful to write about United States marshals in Western film if it does indeed significantly cover that topic, but it cannot support this indiscriminate list. Not sure if the first is an RS. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 07:29, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While being unsourced is not always a problem, the fact that we see no sourcing that considers these as a group is telling. I also question whether all fiction has thought through the issues involved enough for it to always be clear if a character is a US marshal, or a sherrif or sherriff's deputy.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:44, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:IINFO as the concept is vague in fiction and fundamentally unverifiable, as opposed to real-life U.S Marshalls which can be verified. Shooterwalker (talk) 20:16, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Only like five of the listed characters here have articles.★Trekker (talk) 19:33, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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