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The result was no consensus. Opinions are evenly matched between keep, delete and merge
Ritchie333(talk)(cont) 17:29, 13 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Merge a minimum of info (creators, first appearance, brief description) to
List of Green Lanterns. The entry should be five sentences or less.
Argento Surfer (
talk) 12:34, 25 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete due to only
WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS of the subject, where direct detailed coverage is needed to establish notability, per the
WP:GNG. Would accept a redirect if there is some consensus around target.
Shooterwalker (
talk) 15:38, 26 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete - Article lacks real world details needed to fulfill
WP:WAF or meet
WP:GNG.
TTN (
talk) 15:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Merge per Argento Surfer.
WP:ATD-M is a probably a good alternative in this case to get the appropriate content moved. This is definitely a valid search term and redirect that would likely get created anyway. He meets the lower standard of a
WP:LISTN entry, and the suggested list meets LISTN with several listicles out there. Maybe use the intro at this
Book Riot piece as a point of reference for merge content. -
2pou (
talk) 18:40, 26 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak Keep or else Merge with
List of Green Lanterns. There is a chapter titled "All for One and One for All: Mogo, the Collective, and Biological Unity" in the book
Green Lantern and Philosophy, which counts towards notability. There is also some discussion of Mogo on pages 184-185 of
Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture, although that is a weaker source. I also found some (admittedly
justmentions) sources regarding the story "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" by Alan Moore about how it was a brief, throwaway story that actually became very influential for the Green Lantern mythos. Still, even if the page is merged somewhere that first source would be a useful reference to link to.
Rhino131 (
talk) 11:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Yes it does. It's a philosophical analysis of whether a sentient planet can actually be considered "alive", whether it has a soul, and as an example of the
philosophy of biology. I rather find it a bunch of mumbo jumbo, to be honest, but that's irrelevant. It's a good source, although like I said it's the only source I found which could be considered significant coverage, hence the weak keep vote.
Rhino131 (
talk) 12:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:04, 5 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep: If you have to ask whether a book chapter about this character provides significant coverage, then you've kind of lost sight of what significant coverage means. —
Toughpigs (
talk) 18:42, 5 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Merge per
User:Rhino131. It's a single source, and a lot of it really more about philosophy of biology than it is about the character. But there is something worth preserving here.
Archrogue (
talk) 19:21, 6 September 2020 (UTC)reply
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