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The result was delete. Consensus herein is for the article to be deleted. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:09, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

List of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah characters[edit]

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Non neutral language, Article is mostly written in Fan's point of view with original research. There are very few reliable sources to establish the notability for a separate page for cast and characters. Sid95Q (talk) 05:51, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Sid95Q (talk) 05:51, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:33, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:33, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete The sourcing is, frankly, abysmal, but I've come to expect that for most Indian TV show articles. MOS:TVCAST mentions list articles and explicitly notes "Remember to follow the notability guidelines when creating a cast list: not every fictional character ever created deserves to be listed and even fewer will deserve an individual article." This article doesn't appear to have any concern for that need. I think the subject itself is notable, but the current state is just so bad, WP:TNT may be the only option here. Some guidance to the recent main editor of the article about MOS:TVCAST around the notability requirements and ordering could help. Ravensfire (talk) 16:12, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Yunshui ^雲 _水 07:23, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per above arguments by ravensfireTheprussian (talk) 11:22, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Character lists are not inherently necessary. The main article is capable of handling the subject. There is nothing that should be retained for merger. TTN (talk) 13:40, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and Edit as per you wish: It's foolish to delete the entire page, just because an easy to remove section is bothering some people. This page is for over 2 years now, and is viewed over 750,000 times (yes much more than 90% of the rest of the articles). So.... KINDLY leave it be, and PLEASE do not declare old and stable articles like this for deletion. If it was meant to be, it should have been done back when the article was published, not now since people have put their best knowledge and efforts in it for over 28 months.I am aman goyal (talk) 11:15, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep in some capacity to prevent electronic book burning. --24.101.156.239 (talk) 18:58, 8 September 2019 (UTC) Sockpuppet of permabanned troll A Nobody. Reyk _YO! 07:02, 9 September 2019 (UTC) [reply]
Delete per above. Aoba47 (talk) 17:37, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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