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 keep. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 12:20, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

List of Monster High characters

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Basically, commercial and fan trivia of no encyclopedic value. Drmies ( talk) 17:35, 15 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• keep. Nothing particularly commercial, info verifiable, and fans are people, too, and deserve to be informed. Staszek Lem ( talk) 20:30, 15 June 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete Three sources in the article, all WP:PRIMARY from either the doll line's website or a YouTube channel promoting a paint-by-numbers YA tie-in? For such a long article, this is beyond unacceptable. This has managed to get much worse than it was in 2013. At most, redirect to Monster High#Characters, where the main characters that actually appear as more than vague in-jokes three people would get are sufficiently summed up rather than 100 words about some mummy cat a septunary character may have owned in webisode #149. But as it is, three primary sources and no others in an article would guarantee delete in most cases. And in response to Staszek, Monster High fans are well-informed; there's an entire wiki about the franchise; we're not here to be the only source about Monster High minutia. Nate • ( chatter) 04:24, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 14:26, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 14:26, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 14:26, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 14:27, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• Trim and merge The list can be trimmed to the six original release characters who get prominent marketing on the official website, and whoever else is designated as main from the TV series and videos, but that can be summarized on the main franchise article. However, the franchise does have 70+ characters with dolls, and has grabbed a notable share from the Barbie franchise. And since I placed the primary and secondary source on this article, I would like that to be retained as useful information. You can exclude the youtube video or convert that to a cite episode. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff) 19:26, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep and don't merge. It is common in articles to spin off "List of ..." to keep the article from becoming too big. This is a popular doll franchise. We have List of Barbie's friends and family and List of Bratz characters. As Wikipedia attracts more female editors, there will be more articles about female interests. Dolls are an active area for adult collectors. Wikipedia is already home to everything you could possibly want to know about the 721 Pokemon characters. See Category:Lists of Pokémon. StarryGrandma ( talk) 07:06, 22 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Listing them with briefer descriptions as with Barbie's friends and family could work. I would still limit the list to the ones with actual dolls and the main characters from the novels and cartoons, which my 2015 edits have done. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff) 22:12, 22 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep - Let this page stay. It is a good page to list the characters of Monster High regardless if either of them have dolls or not. -- Rtkat3 ( talk) 22:21, 30 June 2015 (UTC) reply

It should be limited to the ones with dolls and major characters from the books and cartoons. It should not be an exhaustive list of guest stars, pets and parents. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff) 17:09, 1 July 2015 (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.