Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beep the Meep

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The result was redirect‎ to List of Doctor Who villains. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:50, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Beep the Meep

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I was really hoping The Star Beast would help salvage this article, but Beep just doesn't seem to meet notability thresholds, even now. All the articles I can find on him are either plot summaries and recaps, information on the casting of Miriam Margolyes, or the minor controversy caused by the pronouns scene. The latter can be easily covered by The Star Beast's main article, and if any additional commentary on Beep exists, it's either in reviews of the episode or in physical comics information, which cannot be easily accessed. Should sources turn up, I'd be happy to improve/recreate this article, but I don't think Beep has what it takes right now. A redirect to either The Star Beast or the Doctor Who Villains List is probably the best AtD, given there really isn't much to merge beyond casting information. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 17:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Television, and Comics and animation. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 17:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect To list of Doctor Who villains, there is a chance that the character becomes notable someday. So in the spirt of WP:PRESERVE a redirect is more suitable. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 18:19, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Its a resaonble search term due to The Star Beast. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 01:47, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Not enough SIGCOV for it to be notable. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:22, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Much as I like the Meep, and while he did carry some popularity in the fanbase even before the TV appearance, I don't think there are enough secondary sources supporting the character himself, even if you could find some articles in Doctor Who Magazine. However, since the character has a few appearances, is somewhat notable for being an EU character who made it on TV, and most relevantly is in a way the type specimen for his species (note in the original comic he was only "the Meep", something the TV story stuck to, and "Beep" became his name later), I would suggest moving to a section on List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens. While individual characters would go on the villains list, I think the Meep is more notable as an "alien creature" than a "villain"; the same "cuddly creature turns evil" idea applies to all the Meeps and Beep happens to be the main, recurring one. Rather like how the Abzorbaloff and Racnoss are covered there. Chubby Bub (talk) 21:19, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Not enough WP:SIGCOV for a separate article. Shooterwalker (talk) 02:11, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to The Star Beast including as much of the original content as possible. Beep is mainly noteable as the villain of both versions of TSB. TSB is good redirect point for any mentions on The Ratings War audio/list of audios etc etc. Romomusicfan (talk) 12:58, 11 December 2023 (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.