Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Advertising character

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 Mascot#Corporate mascots . The history will remain in case anyone wants to merge any of it. J04n(talk page) 01:06, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Advertising character

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This is just an agglomeration of two ordinary English words; it is not a distinct subject in itself, despite the multitude of cruft-laden lists that support it. Not every list article needs a parent on the subject. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 09:26, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Long-term stub that's just a dicdef and a couple of examples. It would certainly be possible to write a good article on this topic but this is not that article and there's nothing to preserve in the history: perhaps the resulting redlinks will encourage somebody. Dricherby (talk) 09:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. czar · · 12:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. czar · · 12:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The topic is notable, a good article just needs to be written. A book is cited which seems to be entirely on the subject, so sources are not lacking. Borock (talk) 15:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge to Mascot#Corporate mascots. Also, merge the associated lists Chris/Thumperward points out in the nom statement to List of mascots. No need to have two separate articles/lists on the same thing. Ansh666 03:18, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree with Dricherby: there's definitely an article to be written here but this isn't the start of one. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge to Mascot#Corporate mascots Jim.henderson (talk) 23:42, 1 May 2013 (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.