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The result was speedy keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 11:21, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
Chris Griffin
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Am I the only one who thinks that this page should be merged into a redirect? Sure, he's a main character in one of the most iconic animated series, but the page hardly covers any out-of-universe notability, and a majority of sections or content is unsourced, save for the Creation and Development section. And after doing research I could hardly find any official sources or news coverages on the character that are noteworthy enough to warrant an article, or any at all for that matter; when typing the character's name (or "chris family guy") into Google News, most of the coverages deal with people who just happen to have the same name as him and have no affiliation with Family Guy whatsoever. The closest sources to real-word perspective of the character I could find were the coverages concerning him dating American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift in the episode " Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date", but considering that it was only a one-time thing that didn't attract much impact, I don't find the information that sufficient to consider the character iconic, despite his series being such. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if an article about a fictional character doesn't have a Reception, Controversy, Criticism, or Cultural impact section, then does that automatically mean it should be merged into a redirect? SoapSoapWhatIsSoap ( talk) 02:39, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- Keep Major character so meets WP:GNG. Any questionable items can be marked with a CN tag. MarnetteD| Talk 02:51, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
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- Strong Keep Per above. Comatmebro User talk:Comatmebro 02:57, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- Strong Keep This is a joke nomination, right? DP76764 ( Talk) 03:16, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- Keep WP:BADFAITH; blocked user who needs to spend their time doing something else than psycho-analyzing cartoon characters. Mike Baxter (Last Man Standing) could do with a look too; intricate detail for what is a bland and generic sitcom lead character. Nate • ( chatter) 03:24, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
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- Merge to Characters of Family Guy. Just being a major character of a long running work does not create notability. We need secondary sources that talk about the character in depth beyond just reiterating plot details. That doesn't appear to exist to a significant degree to allow a standalone article. -- MASEM ( t) 04:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- Speedy Keep as nomination was in bad faith. There are many more egregious cases of excessive in-universe details than this. Power~enwiki ( talk) 04:48, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- Keep There are plenty of news and scholar entries for a better-narrowed Find Sources search.
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talk) 05:05, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- I've checked through several years of that narrower search and can't find any sign of in-depth coverage of the character, outside frequent mentions of being voiced by Seth Green (which is nowhere close to sufficient GNG detail). Just because there are ghits doesn't mean they're usable sources. -- MASEM ( t) 05:31, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
- Keep major character deserving of own article. Artw ( talk) 06:25, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
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