Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Knook

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 redirect to The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. There is no consensus to keep the material, which is unsourced, and a quick search turned up nothing on the topic, though plenty of use of the term in Baum's stories. A redirect of the title was seen as useful, though there was no agreement on target. I am redirecting to The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus as that article mentions both Knooks and Ryls. SilkTork *^YES! 13:29, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: As there is an existing article with the Knook title - I have redirected Knook to Knook, Wiltshire and put a hatnote there directing readers to The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus if they want the fantasy creatures. SilkTork *^YES! 13:41, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Knook

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See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cayke. Like the characters there, an un- or underreferenced about a hardly notable character. Unfortunately, due to the crossover into other Baum stories, I'm not sure where any mergeable content would go Purple backpack89 22:50, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am also splicing on Ryl to this AfD for the above reasons Purple backpack89 22:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: and redirect to List of Oz characters Toddst1 (talk) 23:05, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:51, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or possibly merge into Fairies of Oz, which would be an expansion of Land of Oz#Fairies.--Pharos (talk) 21:54, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:37, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 07:47, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep/merge There are obviously good alternatives to deletion such as the mergers suggested above. The title is a distinctive keyword and should be kept as a blue link for its value to editors and readers. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep While I think Baum failed in adding Knooks to the pantheon of faire folk (you would think that he had not created them to read some of his essays), they are certainly an important figure that appeared in multiple stories that would otherwise seem unrelated other than their authorship. "Fairies of Oz" would be misleading, since they don't live in Oz and made only one appearance in an Oz book, and that was a cameo. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 13:36, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No independent reliable sources, not notable out-of-universe. - SummerPhD (talk) 16:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No notability established. Fearstreetsaga (talk) 12:34, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge: no reliable independent sources to WP:verify notability. Deletion would be appropriate. But if it would help to build a consensus... I would support a merge. Shooterwalker (talk) 14:05, 19 March 2011 (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.