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The result was delete. Sandstein 06:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hotshot (stock character)[edit]

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Contains very large amounts of WP:SYNTH that uses example cruft to explain what is essentially just a WP:DICDEF. Action hero is sufficient to explain this information, this article's split from that is WP:OR. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 19:07, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 05:03, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:41, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Szzuk (talk) 16:20, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. None of the sources presented support the fundamental premise that this purported "stock character" is in any way distinguished from action hero. This is precisely why we describe novel synthesis as a form of original research. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:14, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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