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The result was merge to List of minor DC Comics characters. Through the sources prove that the characters are in existence, they do not prove if the characters are notable enough to have their own article. (non-admin closure) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^{Talk Email} 16:01, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested PROD. There is no evidence that the fictional villains with the Thinker name, individually or in group, meet the general notability guideline because there is no signficant coverage in reliable secondary sources independent of the subject. As it is, any article about them can only be a plot-only description of a fictional work as they do not have reception or significance in reliable sources, so the topic is unsuitable for Wikipedia. All that can be added beyond plot are cameo appearances in other media, which does not represent notabilty, and it is in line with an indiscriminate collection of information. A search engine test only shows tertiary an primary sources with trivial mentions about some of the characters with that name, but no secondary sources that makes analytic or evaluative claims about the fictional characters by themselves. The article itself is only referenced with four primary sources, so it doesn't show how this topic is appropriate for a stand-alone article. Jfgslo (talk) 02:21, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Jfgslo (talk) 02:23, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Jfgslo (talk) 02:23, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to List of DC Comics characters: T. Jclemens (talk) 03:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Preferably merge to List of minor DC Comics characters; but I would wish not to delete this article: so Keep. Arussom (talk) 20:00, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Character has an entry in The Encyclopedia of Super Villians (p.343). There's also a color plate of character.SPNic (talk) 16:25, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Character is also in 500 Comic Book Villians by Mike Conroy (Barron's/Chrysalis, p. 118)SPNic (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Being listed in these two books, among hundred of other characters means, for me, that there are sources that prove the character exists, not that the character meets the notability guideline. I believe the article should be merged either to List of DC Comics characters: T or List of minor DC Comics characters. Maddox (talk) 16:40, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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