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 keep Mr.Z-man 23:13, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flinx[edit]

Notability concerns - lack of significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject. PhilKnight (talk) 14:59, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Article does not indicate any real-world significance of this fictional character biography. It also appears to be original research based on WP:primary source material. ~ Ningauble (talk) 17:00, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Subject is central character in 14 books of a notable book series by a notable author. Lack of sourcing, etc, are reason for improvement, not deletion. Edward321 (talk) 01:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. —Dravecky (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as subject is one of two lead characters in a best-selling series of more than a dozen novels. Article is in desperate need of a rewrite and wikification but those are issues for cleanup, not deletion. - Dravecky (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, and improve, per above, and because there are references to the character in other Science Fiction. htom (talk) 23:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Probably the best known character by a major sci-fi author. Will be looking for references. Jclemens (talk) 18:21, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

15 seconds with Google News yields this. Really, people, please do some searching before nominating. Jclemens (talk) 18:24, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a Flinx book charted in NYT best seller list.
Flinx is a defining character of Foster's, according to SFGate.
And there are six more Google News hits for (Flinx "Alan Dean Foster"), which are pay links.
From Google books, we have mentions in The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction and What Do I Read Next?... In addition to the multiple books themselves, short story anthologies containing them, and translations of them both. Jclemens (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - they appear to be trivial mentions. PhilKnight (talk) 20:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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