Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting

William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting

Delete or Merge Non notable character. Could be merged into a list of characters of "Gangs of New York," but that's debatable. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 00:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unbiased Keep: It doesn't seem like the character is non-notable; the character is played by an academy award-winning actor, and it seems like it is an important character. Deletion request needs more information to prove the point, if it is true. SeanMD80^{talk | contribs} 02:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Not every single important character in a movie should have an article. Napoleon Dynamite is a popular movie and his article was deleted. Plus, all this article can do is list a chopped up plot summary of the "Gangs of New York" film and offer barely any biographical information about the character. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 02:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No references demonstrating notability outside the context of the film. Merge to film article per WP:FICT. --Dhartung | Talk 02:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep 22,900 Ghits. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 03:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Like I said above, Napoleon Dynamite, I'm sure, has a large number of hits; popularity isn't notability, man. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 03:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, google hits don't mean jack crap. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 03:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge if there is anything worth keeping, otherwise just redirect. He only appears in a single work, and there's nothing to write about him besides a portion of the plot summary for the work. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 04:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or Redirect per Night Gyr. From the guideline Wikipedia:Notability (fiction): Major characters in a work of fiction should be covered within the article on that work of fiction. If an encyclopedic treatment of such a character causes the article on the work itself to become long, then that character can be given a separate article. This character is not covered in the main work (Gangs of New York) at all. --maclean 05:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to the main article. Realkyhick 05:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]