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The result was merge to List of Archie Comics characters#Other superheroes. ✗plicit 11:24, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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A minor comic book character that appeared in a small number of issues. The article consists of a plot summary plus publication history and fails WP:GNG, being just a combination of WP:CATALOGUE and WP:FANCRUFT. There is zero evidence of him having any impact, significance, literary analysis or fan following. The sources are sufficient to confirm the topic exists, but do not show why it is notable (note that the cited sources do not discuss the character in-depth, they contain just a brief publication history/plot summary, and have ZERO analysis of his significance, likely b/c he is, well, not significant at all). The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline requirement nor the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) supplementary essay. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. A redirect and perhaps a merge to List_of_Archie_Comics_characters#Other_superheroes might be considered. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:13, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Merge essentially the whole article with List_of_Archie_Comics_characters#Other_superheroes. It should be a merge, not a redirect, because the article does have reliable secondary sources and the cited information should not be lost. Rhino131 (talk) 16:40, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Merger per Rhino. Argento Surfer (talk) 11:55, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge Per Rhino131, but with reference to my comments at the Captain Chaos AfD: why this, when there are plenty of WORSE NN articles lying around? This seems like something a talk page discussion should have accomplished. Jclemens (talk) 19:42, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with List of Archie Comics characters#Other superheroes: A small amount of this information should be moved to the relevant list. Aside from that, I could not find anything beyond the passing references that are already cited in the article. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 08:51, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per Rhino to List of Archie Comics characters#Other superheroes.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:54, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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