Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Leave It to Beaver cast members

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The result was redirect to Leave It to Beaver characters. Content can be merged from history. Sandstein 19:19, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of Leave It to Beaver cast members

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Deprodded. Largely redundant to Leave It to Beaver characters, which already names all main, supporting and recurring cast members. This leaves extra info in the sections on "Other cast members" (where IMDb does a better job) and "Others in unnamed roles" (for real?!), plus what actor is already dead. Wikipedia is WP:NOTEVERYTHING; also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bad Girls cast members, which ended in delete. – sgeureka ^t•c 12:12, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. – sgeureka ^t•c 12:12, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. – sgeureka ^t•c 12:12, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Mostly blue links so this serves navigation and informational services per WP:LISTN Lightburst (talk) 14:13, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Valid list article, blue links aid in navigation, too long to fit in the main article. Most of the blue linked names are not listed in the other article. Dream Focus 16:19, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. While the above two make a good point, WP:OVERLAP applies to these kinds of articles. ミラ P 16:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge to Leave It to Beaver characters. As mentioned already, there is already a lot of overlap between the two, and I really don't see any real reason why this would need to be split into two articles. All of the cast members playing major characters are already included in the character list, and any that may be missing can be added in. Most, if not all, of the cast members listed in both of the "Other" sections really do not need to be included, though, particularly as the information is just being sourced (i.e. copied) directly from IMDB. Rorshacma (talk) 18:33, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/merge to Leave It to Beaver characters (which should be renamed List of Leave It to Beaver characters). All of the main cast and recurring characters are already listed there, with the exception of Dana Dillaway (who only appeared in two episodes and as different characters, so no merge for her) and Keith Taylor. Of the rest, only reasonably well-known actors, i.e. Lyle Talbot, Lee Meriwether and I suppose Majel Barrett for Star Trek fans, should be merged. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:34, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per above. Entirely redundant, and nothing to merge as there's no sourced content (only imdb, which is not a reliable source). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 22:49, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge Both articles are long enough to be standalone articles and neither is a duplicate of the other. Many of the entries in the the list under discussion are non-notable and unsourced but that may be due to lack of effort rather than their being essentially non-notable. In any case, this list has been fairly well maintained, esp. wrt deaths being noted. Dhtwiki (talk) 07:35, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the characters page. Anything we need to say on the cast can be said there.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:18, 30 December 2019 (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.