Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–78

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The result was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:28, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–78

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Article appears to be original research. Merge content with Saturday Night Live if anything.Variety312 (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Entertainment. Variety312 (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I agree a merger is probably in order, but I seem to recall some good discussion on another SNL AfD a year (or more, maybe?) back that had some good ideas on reorganization. Any chance we can find and link to that? Jclemens (talk) 20:57, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:44, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Not sure about the extent of the content that has to be merged, but merging to Saturday Night Live is indeed the best option. Capitals00 (talk) 02:36, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep See List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches. Got dozens of these articles. Most seasons have their own article of this type. All of these articles should be discussed together, since it'd make no sense to delete one and not the rest. Dream Focus 16:46, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge selectively per WP:BLP, or rescue this immediately. While most of the players have passed away, some are still alive, as Chevy Chase would have said. An unreferenced BLP either must be selectively merged, deleted, or sourced: there are no exceptions. Bearian (talk) 23:37, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Mainly per Dream Focus. It does not make sense to delete this one and not the 1978–1979, 1979–1980, etc. If you decide to nominate the others, please ping me. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:09, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, essentially procedurally, per the above. This needs to be considered along with the other subpages of List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches. Merging ultimately probably makes more sense than deletion, but we need at least some sourcing. Eluchil404 (talk) 22:37, 30 March 2025 (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.