Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old Man Jenkins (Spongebob Squarepants)

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 redirect to List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters. Consensus is that the article does not meet the notability guidelines, but a redirect to List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters is appropriate. Davewild (talk) 18:25, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Old Man Jenkins (Spongebob Squarepants)

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Minor SpongeBob SquarePants character with no apparent discussion in books (note that the hits either are book adaptions of the show or copy content from fan wikis) or news (see [1], they're just episode recaps that happen to mention Jenkins). The character is already listed at List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters, and anything else here is simply an invitation for fancruft, in my opinion. (Coincidentally, the entire article was copied from Wikia, a much better home for such information. It can't be speedied, though, because Wikia has CC-BY-SA licensing, and attribution is provided via a hyperlink.) Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 17:08, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 19:39, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 19:39, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Spongebob squarepantsSeasider91 (talk) 21:45, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no redirect Character is just used for plain reaction shots and has no durable notability outside the usual Nickcrufters. Terrible writing about a character that can be summed up with the "get off my lawn" stereotype. Nate • (chatter) 03:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Not independently notable. Mrschimpf's argument against redirect seems to be "I don't like this character", which is not a valid argument, and redirects are cheap. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:29, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The entire article is a long textdump nobody can read through, and there was no assertion of WP:IDLI at all. Who beyond the editors who care about SBSP gag characters are actually going to make the effort to type the above title in for a search? That's why my rationale is what it is, not any not liking this character. Nate • (chatter) 10:47, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Said redirect would be to List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters, I take it? Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 14:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters. I don't see how Old Man Jenkins is particularly notable. Sure he can be funny sometimes (like the time he was eaten by Mystery the Seahorse or when he was denied entry on a roller coaster), but his real-world notability is not established. Probably better off in a SpongeBob wiki than on Wikipedia. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:41, 28 June 2012 (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.