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 no consensus, defaulting to keep. — Edokter • Talk • 23:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: per my remarks on the talk page, the article title is a misspelling and the correct spelling of Cuddly Dudley redirects to Ray Rayner, redirect dating from 2005. Michael Devore 01:22, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok I support a merge and redirect to the Rayner article as well. Jaranda wat's supSports! 01:25, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Hah, I remember this guy. Roy Brown, the voice and puppeteer, might actually be a better target for a merge/redirect. Brown performed as the character on the Chicago Bozo show well into the 90s, long after Rayner left the Chicago area. Zagalejo^^^ 01:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Jaranda. No assertion of notability. Eusebeus 07:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - a case could be made for using it as a dab page, directing not only to Roy Brown (per above), Ray Rayner (also per above) but also to Dudley Moore (who had this as a persistent nickname). Grutness...wha? 00:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC) (did I just type "not only... but also..."?)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TerriersFan 02:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I guess a Merge is best. Just don't mess with Mr. Moose! MarkBul 02:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A merge is not appropriate because the toy had notability separate from those who subsequently used it. Colonel Warden 06:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Jaranda, or merge as a distant second choice. Stifle (talk) 19:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The misspelling of the article title has kept others from finding reliable source material during this AfD. I found a few under the misspelled "Cuddly Duddly" and added them to the article. I found more under the "Cuddly Dudley" (one "d") spelling, but don't have time to add them to the article. Google books has some hits. If not closed as Keep, No Consensus seems the best approach in view of my late added sources to the article (substantial new information not reviewed above) and to give others a chance to use the proper spelling of the topic to locate sources to improve the article. -- Jreferee t/c 16:37, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's an interesting distortion of the English language to say "becomes a star on television" is not a claim of notability. I wonder how this kind of thing happens. Kappa 19:46, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as no consensus and ... conduct housekeeping so that the article title is corrected to "Cuddly Dudley"; some instructions on how to accomplish this type of title swap are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages (I don't remember where the 'master' instruction set for this activity is). --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 19:57, 7 October 2007 (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.