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The result was merge to Before 1900s in comics. (non-admin closure) czar · · 19:10, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1885 in comics (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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I am conflicted on this one. The article appears to be part of a series by year with the same theme. (Disclaimer: I haven't looked at any of the others.) But there is nothing I can even remotely call notable in the article and there are no sources. Is there a broader topic it can be merged into? Ad Orientem (talk) 00:26, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. —Mikemoral♪♫ 02:27, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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• Weak delete. Looks pretty much like the only event that happened in comics before 1900, and even that is hardly notable. JIP | Talk 03:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Before 1900s in comics. Not enough content to sustain an individual article. (Same goes for every article in this series up until the 1930s; they all ought to be merged into the relevant "by decade" article, but that's outside the scope of this AfD.) DoctorKubla (talk) 06:25, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:42, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I second this. I was unaware of Before 1900s in comics when I created 1885 in comics, and would've put the info there if I had. For what it's worth, the only reason I created the page was to help de-orphan Harold R. Heaton. Argento Surfer (talk) 16:38, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and Redirect to Before 1900s in comics per above sound analysis. Cavarrone 09:12, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect. Bondegezou (talk) 09:39, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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