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The result was redirect to Starlight Express#Characters. Wifione ^Message 16:40, 8 December 2014 (UTC) reply

Dinah the Dining Car

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Minor Character from Starland Express. Ridernyc ( talk) 02:53, 16 November 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:08, 16 November 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:08, 16 November 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:09, 16 November 2014 (UTC) reply

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:55, 23 November 2014 (UTC) reply

• Keep The show is actually called Starlight Express and Dinah is not a minor character. The worst case here is some sort of merger per WP:ATD but I'm content with the page as a reasonable spin-off for this long-running popular success. Andrew D. ( talk) 12:44, 23 November 2014 (UTC) reply
• Redirect to Starlight_Express#Characters. The problem here is that I can't find any actual in-depth coverage about this specific character that would show that she's actually notable outside of the series. The musical is long running, but that doesn't automatically mean that the specific characters merit an article outside of the main entry. Typically characters usually have to have a LOT of coverage to really merit an article, akin to almost Harry Potter levels of coverage. Most of the time the most a character will get is a little more coverage in a list page for characters in a series. In any case, the problem here is that not only is the article written from a fan's perspective, but it could also be argued that because there are no sources on the page (and none out there that would really be usable), the entire article could be considered WP:OR. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 23:19, 23 November 2014 (UTC) reply

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