Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zelmo Zale

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 merge to M*A*S*H_(TV_series)#Recurring_characters. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 12:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zelmo Zale

Minor character in a tv series which appears in less than the 8% of the episodes. Article contains no real world information, no references, no evidence that has any notability outside the show (and maybe not even inside the show). Very few google hits make it an non valuable search item. Even if a character's list was created probably this character would not be necessary to be included. Magioladitis (talk) 22:08, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep character appeared in 7 seasons of a major TV series. Edward321 (talk) 00:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It made one or two short appearances every year, according to IMDB (is it reliable?). Still you give nothing to prove that this character is notable somehow. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Seemingly minor character with sparse appearances. Nothing found on the first few pages of Google to indicate this character has received significant (more than passing mention) coverage in reliable sources. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 21:32, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with about six other articles of similarly minor characters that for some reason aren't being nominated into List of recurring characters in M*A*S*H, forking from M*A*S*H_(TV_series)#Recurring_characters. But the Blue-Haired Lawyer is more notable than this guy. THF (talk) 18:02, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Edward321. well referenced. Ikip (talk) 18:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two references that prove that the character exists. Now we know that the character was not made up. We still don't know if it's worth an article. This kind of references is like references to newspapers writing the players of a football team in any division. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:50, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well thank God you are here to decide whether this and other editors contributions are worthy of being on wikipedia. These two references and the imbd page met notability requirements. Ikip (talk) 19:18, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per THF. I agree with Magioladitis that a trivial mention in a trivia book and a single mention in a book about the series doesn't cut it. Dimitrii (talk) 05:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into a minor/recurring characters article. Insufficiently notable on his own. _wjemather ^bigissue 10:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to a list of minor characters. Stifle (talk) 10:45, 11 February 2009 (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.