Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nina Gilbert

Getting into an edit war over this with the anon who posted it. This is a character who appeared in a single episode of The Wild Wild West. Little to do with the character and reads more like a plot synopsis of the article on the episode called Night of the Steel Assassin which he wrote as well. Tried to redirect to main article...anon keeps reverting even after I left a polite note on his previously nonexistent talk page. Whatcha think? - Lucky 6.9 17:11, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Agreed, delete or at least redirect. It's interesting that the synopsis here is more detailed than the duplicate one in the Night of the Steel Assassin article. A redirect to that article would work, but I'm tempted to go for delete here (after moving the info over to the Steel Assassin article). I don't think that a character who was in a single episode is noteworthy, unless it can be shown that the character achieved some cult status or something. - Eisnel 18:00, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
DELETE. -- orthogonal 18:43, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Fancruft. Some people have way too much time on their hands. Wile E. Heresiarch 01:05, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Fire Star 01:31, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I'm the anonymous poster of this entry. For me, Nina was one of the two most memorable characters from the Wild, Wild West series (the other was Emma Valentine, the match-maker from Hell). Not bad, after almost 40 years. The reason I created this entry was to provide background (and links) to the suggestion and hypnosis entries. The writer did a really good job of including these in his story. The entry for "The Night of the Steel Assassin" deals more with Col. Torres and his grievances. This entry deals more with Nina, who is barely mentioned in the episode plot summary. Hope this helps you understand where I'm coming from.

P.S. I'm not starting a war here. I just came back to look for the entry I'd just made and found it missing. Later I saw you had changed it to a redirect, but to the wrong entry. If you redirect to the Wild, Wild West, you'll really never find any information about Nina.

Good point, and I'm sympathetic to your frustration. Here's why I tried to redirect it: One-time characters, unless they've developed a sort of cult following, aren't particularly good subjects for an encyclopedia entry. It would be like writing an article about some "Star Trek" ensign who gets blown to smithereens five minutes into the show. Believe me, putting an article here is by no means a personal attack. I'm sure I speak for all present when I say thank you for your civility. We've gotten ripped from lips to hips in the past over less. Best, Lucky 6.9 16:49, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Anon, you mentioned that the Night of the Steel Assassin article didn't have an adequate synopsis. I encourage you to update that article. I agree that the synopsis you wrote for the Nina Gilbert article was more thorough, it would incorporate nicely into the Steel Assassin article. Then you could link things to the Steel Assassin article, or have links in the Steel Assassin article that go to pages on hypnosis and suggestion. And if you decide to stick around and make edits (if we didn't scare you away), create an account and then introduce yourself to the community at the new user log. - Eisnel 17:39, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I couldn't agree more. Heaven knows this site needs all the folks who act in good faith as it can get. PLEASE take a moment to create an account. - Lucky 6.9 18:00, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Merge and redirect. I went ahead and merged the episode synopsis from Nina Gilbert to Night of the Steel Assassin, since it was far superior to the existing one. The Steve 10:18, Aug 1, 2004 (UTC)

Concensus to redirect. DJ Clayworth 16:41, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)