Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories

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The result was merge‎ to Hercule Poirot#Recurring characters. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 05:58, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories

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De facto a a list of minor fictional characters, but just a plot summary and comments on who played them in some movies and such. Mostly unreferenced. Not seeing how this meets WP:NLIST and such. Possible WP:ATD-R is Hercule Poirot, I assume at least one of these characters is mentioned there, and there are likely redirects to this list. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:42, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Literature, and Lists. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:42, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but move and give this major cleanup. Wynwick55gl (talk) 08:34, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

— Wynwick55gl (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. . Their argument seems pointless - move to where? The user has even made a userpage "self-identifying" as a SPA, making it seem more like a block evader than anything else. Geschichte (talk) 08:45, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Thomasfan1916 (talk) 14:59, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP - Maybe needs a little more info. However, Category:Lists of literary characters and Category:Lists of fictional characters by medium indicate there are several ways to do any of them. — Maile (talk) 01:37, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As long as they meet WP:NLIST, which this poorly referenced plot-summary does not. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:47, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Hercule Poirot#Recurring characters. The section on Colonel Johnnie Race could be merged since it's the only section referenced with a secondary source. --Mika1h (talk) 10:47, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Hercule Poirot#Recurring characters - The majority of the information here is unsourced, and I have not found any indication that there is any significant coverage of these characters as a group or set, making it a failure of WP:LISTN. The already-existing section at the main Hercule Poirot article sufficiently covers the recurring supporting characters, and as Mika1h mentioned, the single decent source being used here can be merged over. Rorshacma (talk) 23:36, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Mika1h. Most of this is unsourced or poorly sourced. Without WP:SIGCOV there is a credible case for deletion, but I support WP:ATD for the sake of WP:CONSENSUS and WP:NOTBATTLE. It's good to find alternatives that build common ground. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:12, 23 June 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.