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Redirect per above.
Ansh666 17:41, 9 June 2013 (UTC)wait and see, wait and see
Ansh666 01:53, 10 June 2013 (UTC) Since nothing has been added, Redirect per everyone else.
Ansh66606:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
List of SpongeBob SquarePants characaters. He may not meet Wikipedia's notible guidelines if anyone is considering to delete it. You have other SpongeBob characters such as Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs. Ashbeckjonathan 17:52, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Comment What about the other articles? I think SpongeBob himself, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy are notable enough, based on their articles (sigcov); the Mr. Krabs and Plankton are more in line with this one. All of them rely heavily on primary sources, bordering on
WP:OR.
Ansh66619:04, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
I was actually thinking about a group nomination, since the three articles are extremely similar - plot summary with direct script sources, and a small section about TY Beanie Babies. The ones I listed as "notable enough" have other sections, such as concept or controversies.
Ansh66622:26, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
I think it's a bad idea to add articles to a deletion discussion once opinions have been expressed. It makes it difficult to determine the outcome, as it changes the nature of the discussion part way through.
Pburka (
talk)
22:35, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep The nomination's claim that the topic is not notable is false as the topic is discussed in detail in sources such as Learn to Draw The Best of Nickelodeon and the Journal of Popular Culture. The latter reports that Gary the Snail is the second most popular character for female college students and that's almost worth a DYK by itself. Patrick comes first, I see. I'm not sure who he is as all my knowledge of this show comes from AfD. I'd watch it but it's probably not as good as I imagine. Is Gary as witty as
Brian the Snail, who had college students enthralled back in my day? Note further that
WP:CRUFT and
WP:IDONTLIKEIT are still not policy but
WP:PRESERVE is.
Warden (
talk)
23:17, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep. Poor/no reason for deletion. I think many people in this discussion should read
WP:BEFORE. The content in the article is not what you judge, it's what content that is available. Doing a quick search, I'm convinced that there's enough out there. —
Statυs (
talk,
contribs)17:51, 15 June 2013 (UTC)reply
And that's what the problem is here. I'd love to keep to the article, but it is not worthy since
WP:NICK and
WP:SBSP has been died out since
Nickelodeon and
SpongeBob SquarePants had been going downhill after the
WP:RM, while
Cartoon Network and
Adventure Time has strongly increased. There had been unsupported attempt to remove any fancruft and any original research, but nobody cared and did not cleaned up. I love to see any good Gary the Snail article and the rest of the SpongeBob characters, but alas, nothing is happening. JJ98 (
Talk)
01:42, 16 June 2013 (UTC)reply
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