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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Actualcpscm (talk) 18:07, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anita Van Buren (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:GNG. Article only uses primary sources, was PRODed for this reason and then made into a redirect as WP:ATD. Has now been restored. Secondary source coverage of the character largely seems to be about the actress S. Epatha Merkerson. AlexandraAVX (talk) 16:44, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Television. AlexandraAVX (talk) 16:44, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of Law & Order characters. The character does not have enough SIGCOV to meet GNG. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:11, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I feel that Anita Van Buren deserves a page, she is the longest serving main character and an icon to Law & Order Movieking134 (talk) 23:12, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I just expanded the lede with a fair amount of detail--longest-running African-American character in TV history, female lieutenant before it happened in real life, "precursor" to Benson, TV critic comment on S5 lineup etc. jengod (talk) 05:17, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, per User:Jengod, and as improved. There are undoubtedly countless minor characters for whom a Wikipedia article is a questionable proposition. This is not one of them, and it's not close. BD2412 T 02:46, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This is a healthy, well-written article with ten non-primary RS and ~340 edits over 14 years. There is no valid reason to kill this article. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 13:12, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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