Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family of Humfrey of Xanth

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The result was delete. Sandstein 19:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Humfrey of Xanth

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This does not establish notability. TTN (talk) 18:51, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 18:51, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Much like the other Xanth-related articles that have come up on AFD, this article is just a massive amount of Cruft on a bunch of minor fictional characters, with no claim to notability and no sources. And, like the other articles, it should be deleted rather than redirected, as the name of the article "Family of Humfrey of Xanth" seems to have been created by this article. The only places where this phrase is used are mirrors of this article. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 19:45, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There are around 40 novels in the Xanth series and many characters in this family tree have been major characters in the novels, and the patriarch of this family has been in every novel of the Xanth series. I was not around to save Goblin family of Xanth which should have been kept for the same reason. So unless every fictional family tree on Wikipedia is getting deleted, then a family tree which spans dozens of novels should be kept. Keeping track of the relationships in the Xanth series is easier with family trees. LA (T) @ 19:55, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- It is not Wikipedia's job to keep track of fictional family trees without reliable sources backing up why the information presented within has notability outside of the fictional universe they exist in. Without them, they are nothing more than WP:CRUFT and belong on Wikias, not Wikipedia. So, unless there are reliable sources backing up why this entire family is notable enough to sustain an article, there is no policy-based argument for keeping it. And no, not every fictional family tree needs to be deleted, just the ones that have no sources that cause it to meet the requirements of the WP:GNG. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 20:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nonsense. 2600:100F:B020:6870:5408:1605:FE77:B8E7 (talk) 05:44, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per the comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family of Bink of Xanth and here. I wouldn't be opposed to it being trimmed and merged with a larger character list if someone was so inclined. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:41, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is not a notable concept. It is not mentioned in-depth as a family by reliable sources. We don't have non-notable family articles like this for real people, let alone imaginary ones.--Yellow Diamond Δ Direct Line to the Diamonds 01:58, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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