- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was redirect to List of Dragon Ball characters#Grandpa Gohan. and protect the original page. Liz Read! Talk! 03:35, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
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To start, this is a straightforward case of a topic about a fictional character which fail to meet the threshold of the requirements of WP:GNG. I have done a considerable amount of research into this topic area and I can confidently say that this character lacks significant coverage from multiple reliable and independent secondary sources. The single CBR article is decent, but we need a lot more then that to justify a standalone page for the character.
There is currently an entry for the character at List of Dragon Ball characters, and normally I'd advocate for a merge proposal, or I'd boldly redirect this myself. However, versions of this topic have been constantly recreated under the name of "Grandpa Son Gohan" by a specific editor since April 2021. Each and every time, it has been reverted by other editors. For further context, please refer to the page history of that title. The current version of this article is recreated by an IP editor, but the editor who seemed to be obsessed with recreating the contents of Grandpa Son Gohan got involved with editing the article's contents right away. It does make me wonder whether there is collusion or socking involved. Anyway, in light of the constant recreation of this topic by editors whose competence may be called into question, I think an AfD would be appropriate. I propose that the contents of this page be deleted, and both Grandpa Gohan or Grandpa Son Gohan be salted indefinitely to prevent further frivolous disruption. Haleth (talk) 03:51, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Comics and animation. Haleth (talk) 03:51, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Relatively minor character in the franchise, whose inclusion in the main character list is the appropriate level of coverage. A Redirect is certainly a reasonable alternative, but the current article should be deleted first in order to prevent recreation, and some measure of protection be placed on any potential Redirects to prevent the same things from happening. Rorshacma (talk) 17:00, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. I concur, the curren tarticle fails to demonstrate this character meets WP:GNG. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:43, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Obviously fails WP:GNG. OnlyFixingProse (talk) 09:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Keep or merge with List of Dragon Ball characters. --Rtkat3 (talk) 17:07, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of Dragon Ball characters#Grandpa Gohan: I could not find any evidence that this character has enough significant coverage to justify an article. However, this article needs to be protected to prevent it from being repeatedly recreated, as another version of this article has had this problem for a full year. ―Susmuffin Talk 21:46, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. ―Susmuffin Talk 21:48, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of Dragon Ball characters#Grandpa Gohan and salt. I agree this fails GNG, though I would be opposed to deleting this. Better to keep the history and protect the page than delete it IMO. Link20XX (talk) 22:25, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- 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.