Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wonder Dog (Super Friends)

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The result was merge to Wendy and Marvin. If the merged article deserves a rename, that can be handled in the usual way. RL0919 (talk) 21:59, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wonder Dog (Super Friends)

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This fails to establish notability. The editor who removed the PROD cited two sources. I can seem to only access one of them, but "Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia" is a trivial mention that calls the character "Scooby Doo-ish" and nothing else relevant. I'm doubtful that the character has anything more than passing mentions related to the show from what I can see. TTN (talk) 15:22, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 15:22, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 15:22, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge or Redirect - He could possibly be merged to Wendy and Marvin if people think that article looks salvageable (taking a quick glance at it shows it has similar sourcing problems, but I haven't done a in-depth look as its not the article under nomination). If not, it should probably be Redirected to the main Super Friends article, where he is already mentioned. Rorshacma (talk) 16:57, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update - Even with the newly added sources, I still don't see this meeting the threshold for an independent article. Most of the added references are either complete plot summary (the "Back Issue!" source is literally just a long, straight recap of an issue of a comic he appeared in) or very brief coverage (the "Saturday Morning Fever" book only mentions him in a couple of sentences, and mostly just to describe what he was). I still think that merging to one of the broader articles is the better option here. Rorshacma (talk) 16:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What's wrong with the way it is? If anything it just needs updated. Wonder Dog has been in a lot of other things since this was last updated. Why delete it? That makes no sense. --Noah Tall (talk) 20:35, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It currently fails WP:GNG. It needs real world information from reliable sources. The one source added to the article seems to be trivial coverage and the others are primary. TTN (talk) 21:08, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I agree with the statement above that this simply needs to be updated, not deleted. The article includes reliable sources now and there are others available that could be added... — Hunter Kahn 12:36, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I've added some sources so far, and there's another that I'm going to add -- The Ultimate Super Friends Companion, vol 1: The 1970s -- which I'll be able to get my hands on in a couple days. -- Toughpigs (talk) 13:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I also think it's possible to Merge this with Wendy and Marvin, and rename to Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog. It would probably make a stronger article overall. -- Toughpigs (talk) 17:32, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yeah, that was exactly my thoughts. Neither this, nor Wendy and Marvin are great articles on their own, but creating an article on the trio as a whole would make a better, more complete article. Rorshacma (talk) 16:59, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 16:35, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or merge. Pure WP:PLOT, not seeing any analysis or such. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:47, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the brief development info to either Wendy and Marvin (a bad and maybe not keep-worthy article itself) or to List of Super Friends members#Wendy and Marvin. It's almost all plot (WP:NOTPLOT) and trivial appearance info, not a good basis for a stand-alone article. – sgeureka ^t•c 23:25, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or rename Wendy and Marvin about all three of the trios. Jhenderson⁷⁷⁷ 06:34, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Wendy and Marvin. Dark Knight 2149 01:15, 24 January 2020 (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.