Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of characters of La Comédie humaine

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 Keep. Nishkid 64 02:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of characters of La Comédie humaine

Delete - article apparently started and abandoned by creator, a "list of" article with no actual list. Otto4711 01:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As creator, I must protest. Deleting a list just because it's been untouched for a few days is not a good excuse. If we used that philosophy, Wikipedia would be stubless. Just because an article isn't complete doesn't mean it should be deleted. By its nature, it's an incomplete list. Also, it's less than a month old, it hasn't been abandoned, but neglected in light of the holidays, skiing, projects, and other articles that have taken my attention. It will be improved within days, well before this AFD is closed. —ExplorerCDT 01:53, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jeez, man, calm down. It's nothing personal. Otto4711 02:04, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am calm, but I should assert that you probably could have best remedied any problem this list caused you by a friendly note to me either at the list's talk page, or at my talk page. Just stopping by my talk page you would have noticed that I put up the "I'm busy in real life right now" banner. —ExplorerCDT 02:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions. -- SkierRMH 03:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletions. -- SkierRMH 03:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Is there any actual reason to delete this? -- Jonel | Speak 08:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Right now it's just a cut and paste from La Comédie humaine#Characters, but asking this to run full time so that ExplorerCDT can bring it up to snuff. SkierRMH,10:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keepish. If I remember my literature lectures correctly, there are literatlly hundreds of characters appearing in Balzac's work, and this list has room grow and be useful if well thought-through and (cross-)referenced. Haven't read this work myself, though. --Ouro 15:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and give the author time to bring it up to scratch. Jcuk 17:33, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep Let it grow! A list of Pokemon has passed an AFD, and this is French literature! We should be encouraging articles like this. Zagalejo 20:27, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, without prejudice to re-opening in a month or so. Might there be a Wikiproject able to assist? Eludium-q36 11:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- So far, only one has been attached to the article. Wikipedia:WikiProject Balzac. I founded it, and am the only member. For shame, it isn't as big as Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokemon. But you know, around here people have their priorities. —ExplorerCDT 16:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The significance of this is that the charactrs are from the long sequence of interrelated novels in this immense series. They need a whole article.DGG 04:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The source material is definitely notable enough to warrant such treatment. I agree there should be a characters Wikiproject as there are similar articles for movies and TV series as well. 23skidoo 15:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep notable and without a valid reason to delete. --MarsRover 04:30, 16 January 2007 (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.