Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Munna Bhai

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 keep. (non-administrative closure) – RyanCross (talk) 01:44, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Munna Bhai

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This character does not establish notability independent of its films. Without coverage in reliable third party sources, it is just made up of unnecessary content. TTN (talk) 17:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:40, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

keep I've never seen an AfD on a character where that character pulls up 700 news articles (click on the link above). Looking at the sources, most of them are about the movie itself, not the character per se. But for example [1] is certainly better than a movie review (it is a serious article asking what exactly the movie (and the main character) tapped into to be so popular. The actor was so popular in the role that he's looking at running for parliament ([2]) and when he's discussed, is in terms of this hugely popular character [3]. I'm going to go out on a very short limb and say this is notable without finding anything better. Hobit (talk) 02:33, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep Munnabhai is iconic (in India). Annette46 (talk) 15:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and refocus Turn this into a series overview article, like is done with Bridget Jones, and everything should be fine. – sgeureka ^t•c 15:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Obviously. --Dwaipayan (talk) 22:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:19, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. —PC78 (talk) 11:40, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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