Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Doctor Who henchmen (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 23:24, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of Doctor Who henchmen

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While this one is a bit more controversial than some of the other Doctor Who AfDs in the past, given it's a whole list, I can't seem to find anything that shows that the henchmen in Doctor Who are in anyway notable enough for a standalone list. At least with the villains list, there are characters there who were the main antagonists of their given episodes, or recurring antagonists. The only characters on this list who recurred outside of spin-off media were Novice Hame, Lytton, and Lucy Saxon. The rest are either incredibly minor characters, or characters who are already described in their respective episode's article. I legitimately cannot find a reason for this list to exist, as most of the characters in this are rather inconsequential or minor. The contents of this page can easily be redirected to the respective episode they appeared in with the exception of the three I mentioned prior, who could also probably be redirected to the episode they played the biggest role in. Pokelego999 (talk) 21:49, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, and Television. Pokelego999 (talk) 21:49, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:27, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This list does not meet LISTN. It also does not have a navigational purpose since these characters do not have articles. QuicoleJR (talk) 01:52, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I've tried searches using various terms and I'm not finding any evidence that the overall topic of the henchmen/minions/etc. that appeared in Dr. Who is a topic that has any coverage in reliable sources, so this list fails WP:LISTN in that regard. Additionally, all of the character listed are incredibly minor, most of them only appearing in a single episode/story of the series or, even worse, a single piece of non-notable spinoff material. None of the characters listed here are notable enough to have their own article - even the ones that appear to have a blue link or a "main article" link are actually linking to articles on the episodes they appeared in or other such articles - so this also serves no purpose as a navigational list. The fact that the characters listed here are so minor also means that trying to merge this to any of the other Dr. Who character lists would not be an appropriate course of action, as doing that would just flood those lists with a bunch of non-notable characters. Rorshacma (talk) 15:50, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Either merge to List of Doctor Who supporting characters or rename to List of Doctor Who characters and use it as a center of merging several others similar articles from Category:Lists of Doctor Who characters. I think most if not all franchises should be limited to a single list of characters. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:58, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:LISTN. The henchmen aren't a notable class of concepts with WP:SIGCOV, and doesn't qualify for a separate character list from any main character list. A redirect to List of Doctor Who characters might make sense if someone wants to take on the work suggested by Piotrus. Shooterwalker (talk) 21:08, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is akin to a minor list of video game enemies or something similar, and equally as non-notable. It fails WP:LISTN and should be removed, as Wikipedia is not FANDOM. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:56, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Minor list, as other editors have pointed out. Does not meet WPLLISTN. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 01:10, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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