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The result was redirect to List of LGBT characters in animation. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 09:33, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of gay characters in animation[edit]

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This article is really kind of a sad reminder of what Wikipedia was like around 2003. I mean, setting aside the notion that this is anywhere near a comprehensive - or even useful - list, does it really help just to enumerate all the gay animation characters we can think of? Why is it "in animation"? What common ground does South Park share with Neon Genesis Evangelion where they need to be put together in their own separate category? If this were more in the format of an "in popular culture" article, with something accompanying the names that told us about who they were or what they said or anything about them whatsoever I'd understand, but as it stands it's just a completely useless smattering of names ZigSaw 23:07, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect back to List of LGBT characters in animation, from which this list was split yet most of the names on this list still appear there. The more general article is of slightly higher quality albeit also unsourced, and is not so long that it needs to be split. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:08, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of LGBT characters in animation and merge there the lacking characters, as per Metropolitan90. Cavarrone (talk) 07:51, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Seems to fail WP:LISTN and the inclusion of Saddam Hussein indicates that it's too surreal. Warden (talk) 08:34, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirected & Re-merged. I Split it too soon, I guess. Ncboy2010 (talk) 12:02, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Given that this has already been redirected back to the original title, this debate can probably be closed. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 17:17, 22 August 2012 (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.