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List of James Bond villains

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This is a mostly unsourced spin off from List of recurring characters in the James Bond film series, which is also questionably sourced and possibly WP:OR. This article is almost completely unsourced and there is nothing to preserve that hasn't already been covered at similar articles, including List of recurring characters in the James Bond film series and the mentions in List of James Bond films. Wikipedia implores us to not endlessly make new splits of the similar topics based on WP:SYNTH and arbitrary scope. Jontesta (talk) 18:04, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Jontesta (talk) 18:04, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:18, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and Film. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:49, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete one , or Merge the two - This 2004 list has only one source, which is a now-dead link from 2008 USA Today. Prefer we keep the 2009 List of recurring characters in the James Bond film series; much more informative and has 24 varied sources. — Maile (talk) 19:52, 26 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Clarification comment. Suggest either delete one, or merge one into the other. We don't need two lists doing the same thing. This is not about whether or not Bond characters have been listed/covered. Both lists do that, to one degree or another. This is about list duplication, and which one is the most accurate and most within Wikipedia standards to do so. — Maile (talk) 04:33, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep: the subject has been covered as a set in reliable sources so that the list meets WP:NLIST -Mushy Yank. 00:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sources include: Ian Fleming and James Bond:The Cultural Politics of 007; The Terrible Fitzball:The Melodramatist of the Macabre and plenty of other books. And plenty of articles including https://metro.co.uk/2014/12/04/weve-been-expecting-you-the-top-41-james-bond-villains-from-worst-to-best-4972989/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11089346/Top-ten-James-Bond-villains-in-pictures.html etc, -Mushy Yank. 01:01, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the following sources:

Kavanagh, C., Cavanna, A. (2020). James Bond villains and psychopathy: A literary analysis. Journal of Psychopathology, 26(4), 273-283 [10.36148/2284-0249-351]. link

Grandy, C. (2014). The shape of villainy: Profiteering and money-men. In Heroes and happy endings: Class, gender, and nation in popular film and fiction in interwar Britain (pp. 83-132). Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526111210.00010 (note: not able to access full view of this)

DiLeo, M. (2002). The Spy who Thrilled Us: A Guide to the Best of the Cinematic James Bond. Hal Leonard Corporation. Though just snippet view, this book includes multiple pages on how Bond villains attempt to kill Bond and fail.

Hall, J. (2017, May 24). All 104 James Bond Villains, Ranked. Esquire. link

Huver, S. (2023, September 6). The top 25 James Bond villains, ranked. AV Club. link

Ultimately "Bond villain" is not an unencyclopedic cross-categorization, but a topic that's talked about and written about in the popular and scholarly press. Jclemens (talk) 00:58, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per others citing WP:NLIST. In addition to the above, I found these:

Thanks, Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Pretty obvious that "Bond villains" are discussed as a set. Toughpigs (talk) 20:43, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the sources provided above. It does appear that James Bond's villians are often discussed as a group, which makes the list meet WP:NLIST. Aoba47 (talk) 02:33, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Passes WP:LISTN due to being notable as a group. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 03:32, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]