Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wedge Antilles

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. The discussion about merging or stubbifying can continue on the article's talk page (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wedge Antilles

Article consists entirely of in-universe cruft, and does not contain any factual information or sources. If deletion is out of the question, it should be merged into the main SW characters page. sixtynine ^{• speak, I say •} 06:13, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but with recommendations to cut the in-universe content severely. Apparently an Empire (magazine) poll voted him the "favorite minor character" of the Star Wars movies, so he has received some recognition. [1] [2] And the character's being prominent in some Star Wars novels and videogames should count for something. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but I recommend clean up with more cited sources. roguegeek (talk·cont) 21:21, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Wedge may have been a minor character, but in a major movie that spawned... well, a ton of stuff. Absent a clear Fictonal elements guideline that says he should be deleted, I don't see a particular reason do anything other than send it back for cleanup. Jclemens (talk) 21:25, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - featured in too many VGs, films, and books. Hundreds of trivial references exist. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 21:40, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but make drastic efforts to improve the article with out of universe material. Wedge is certainly a very notable character, so deleting/merging would be ill-advised unless the article can't be improved.Kuwabaratheman (talk) 22:13, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but improve. Perfectly viable subject for an article, as this is a recurring character in the Star Wars universe, both in the original trilogy and in the expanded universe franchise. Plenty of notability there. 23skidoo (talk) 03:10, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Deletion request may be withdrawn at any time. Still, there needs to be an easier way to bring completely in-universe articles such as this to attention, because templates and discussion page posts more often than not go ignored. sixtynine ^{• speak, I say •} 10:05, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to a list of SW characters. Fails WP:PLOT and WP:N even w/ above suggested cleanup, and unless significant secondary sources can be found, there is no need for this much character detail, failing the out-of-universe aspect of WP:WAF - though obviously a brief description of the character shouldn't be lost - the current text can go to Wookiepedia. (The only possible secondary source I can think of is how Wedge is a name of recurring Final Fantasy minor characters in the same light, but that is trivial). --MASEM 13:49, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Stubbify but keep. A dominant character in a host of EU material -- X-Wing comics and books, player's character in the Rogue Squadron series -- and I'm confident a topic of some third-party commentary (of only mildly beyond jokes as "the other guy who attacks the Death Star" in some "I love the 70s" VH1 special). Anyway, prominent enough in a broad enough array of Things and probably the recipient of enough third-party coverage/discussion. But, yeah, stubbify the hell out of it. --EEMIV (talk) 04:02, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve as this is an important character in the Star Wars universe who had received significant coverage in many out-of-universe sources, much of it for being the only human non-lead character to survive all three original movies. - Dravecky (talk) 15:40, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep but only on the basis of the poll mentioned in the first response here. Otherwise I can not see that he would be appropriate for a full article. But that poll can be argued to count as a notable award. DGG (talk) 00:04, 28 October 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.