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The result was merge to List of Doctor Who supporting characters. Courcelles 04:36, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Abslom Daak

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This character has zero evidence of real-world notability; it appears to be a character that appears in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip and that's about it. It seems to fail WP:WAF, WP:FICT and WP:GNG. Furthermore, I attempted to redirect it to Dalek, but it was reverted because I didn't discuss where the redirect should be. Upon thinking further, I really don't see anywhere a redirect would be appropriate to. There isn't really a Doctor Who list for characters this minor (and this is a minor, minor character of questionable canon). So, I bring it here for deletion. The Wordsmith^Communicate 21:57, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 22:50, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 22:50, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. — Dream Focus 23:09, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If the character was minor, he wouldn't have all of his adventures republished in his own trade books, there several for him listed. He is also mentioned in books about comics. Click on the Google book search at the top of the AFD to see examples of that. Dream Focus 23:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into List of Doctor Who supporting characters. I agree with nom, very minor character that should be merged into the main list. There were a few comic books, as Dream Focus mentioned, but they were limited runs, and are not enough to meet notability criteria.--res Laozi speak 00:10, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as suggested by Hongkongresident. I believe it would be worth a brief mention in that article, then delete.--Johnsemlak (talk) 05:27, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into List of Doctor Who supporting characters. No evidence of real-world notability per WP:N. Merely being a character, or a main character, in a republished work is not evidence of notability. (In anecodotal argument, I'm a hardcore Who fan, I know who Daak is, and I'd be flabbergasted that anyone would suggest he's anything but thoroughly obscure even within Who fandom.) - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:42, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge for the sake of building a consensus. Nominator is basically right that there aren't proper sources to WP:verify notability. Shooterwalker (talk) 19:19, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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