Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clanton, Mississippi

Clanton, Mississippi

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 non-admin closure: redirect to John Grisham‎

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It's not actually very notable, and though I cherish a deep admiration for the town and its inhabitants, there's no possibility of expanding the article without going into the realms of OR. Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 17:54, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Non-notable fictional town. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 17:57, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as the article is needed for at least one purpose—to answer the sometimes asked query, "I wonder if that is a real town." Alternatively, merge and redirect to an appropriate target (probably John Grisham). Do not delete outright. Newyorkbrad 18:19, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Redirecting to Grisham is OK; it's not worth having an article just to say that it's fictional, though I did actually believe that it was real until I first came across the article this morning! :-) Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 18:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to John Grisham. There are a few references in book reviews and Grisham profiles but not much about the town that isn't plot summary. --Dhartung | Talk 18:32, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect per Dhartung. mceder (u t c) 19:50, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• I don't really care what happens, but I would personally find the purpose of the article defeated by redirecting it to John Grisham; it really makes no sense. What harm is this article doing by being a stub? The reason I wrote the article was because, like Porcupine, I didn't know if the town existed - so I looked it up and wrote what I found down. That this is the setting for more than one best-selling Grisham novel indicates that many will ponder the same question that we did. The redirect is probably less helpful and more confusing than just deleting the article outright. Johnleemk | Talk 20:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• RedirectRename to Clanton (John Grisham), as per Derry, Maine--SarekOfVulcan 12:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

• Comment How would that help? It'd still have its own article.--Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 12:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

• So does Derry. If it's a fictional setting in multiple Grisham books, it should probably have its own article. :-)--SarekOfVulcan 14:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

• Reply - it should only have its own article if it's notable (that is, it has several reliable sources listed that are independent of the subject; there actually are no such sources: I've checked). Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 15:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect the damn thing already. Now!!! Burntsauce 17:33, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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.