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Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
- Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Disputed WP:BLAR. In my opinion, this is a classic WP:NOPAGE situation. The first volume of Scott Pilgrim is not independently notable of the larger series, and it is already covered sufficiently within the main article on the topic. Therefore I believe it should be redirected back to the main Scott Pilgrim article. silviaASH (inquire within) 07:04, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Restore Redirect to Scott Pilgrim - Agreed with the nom that there is nothing here that would justify or necessitate the first volume of the series having a separate article. The sources are generally discussing the series as a whole, and the main series article already contains a very detailed plot synopsis of each individual volume as well as the discussions of the awards/nominations each volume received, including this one. This was a Redirect for nearly 20 years for good reason before being reverted without explanation or discussion by an IP, and should be restored back to that state. Rorshacma (talk) 14:47, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- Restore Redirect Unlike DOWAK there don't seem to be many sources per nom too. KreamoNoBrainos/Kreamy/Fat Man (talk) 18:09, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
Storybook World
- Storybook World (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Unsourced since 2006. Fails WP:GNG.4meter4 (talk) 01:56, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Ok to delete. Have searched Wikipedia Library and ProQuest and Google in combination with multiple search terms on multiple occasions, but it seems "Storybook World" was not well recognized as a series title. If there were an article for Kids Klassics, a possible WP:ATD would be to redirect there, as it seems the VHS title was "Kids Klassics Home Video presents Storybook World". But instead we find that Kids Klassics redirects to GoodTimes Entertainment. There just don't seem to be enough mentions of "Storybook World" though to warrant a redirect in the first place. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:36, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per well argued !vote by Cielquiparle. I'm concur about not being able to find sufficient coverage. Cakelot1 ☞️ talk 10:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
Highfather
- Highfather (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Another non-notable comic character (hundreds done, hundreds more to go, I fear). Plot summary, no analysis/reception, nothing SIGCOV-meeting in my BEFORE. We can ATD-R to List of DC Comics characters: H, I guess. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:12, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Merge and redirect to List of DC Comics characters: H as an alternative to deletion. -- Fiction Fanatic III (talk) 10:44, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to New Gods#New Gods of New Genesis where the various named New Gods, including Highfather, are already listed and described. Searches using both his title and real name of ""Izaya" are not really showing much in the way of significant coverage on the character. The coverage in reliable sources is pretty much limited to plot summaries and mentions in discussions of the concept of the New Gods as a whole. Rorshacma (talk) 14:34, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to New Gods#New Gods of New Genesis agree that the New Gods article is a better redirect target than a huge DC character list. Those should be avoided whenever possible. Rhino131 (talk) 13:20, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
- Keep or merge with List of DC Comics characters: H in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. --Rtkat3 (talk) 00:43, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
Infinity-Man
- Infinity-Man (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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"the name of several characters appearing in DC Comics," neither of whom appears anywhere close to notable. Plot summary. BEFORE yields nothing of use. Can redirect to the usual lists, I guess, per ATD-R. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:50, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Merge and redirect to List of DC Comics characters: I as an alternative to deletion. -- Fiction Fanatic III (talk) 16:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Merge and redirect to List of DC Comics characters: I as best WP:ATD and since this is otherwise non-notable WP:FANCRUFT. Iljhgtn (they/them · talk) 21:01, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to Forever People, the group that the character is part of, and whose article he is already fully covered in. The overstuffed character lists really shouldn't be used as an ATD when other appropriate articles that cover the character already exist. Rorshacma (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to Forever People agree that an article for the entire group is a much better redirect target that a huge DC character list. Those should be avoided whenever possible. Rhino131 (talk) 13:19, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
- Keep or merge with List of DC Comics characters: I in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. The character appeared on his own in the Death of the New Gods storyline after the Forever People were murdered. --Rtkat3 (talk) 00:46, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
Viking Prince
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Yet another niche comic book character who doesn't seem to meet WP:GNG, with little but a plot summary. My BEFORE yielded nothing of substance (some plot summaries of some more recent recurrence...), per ATD-R we can point that to List of DC Comics characters: V. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:48, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Merge and redirect to List of DC Comics characters: V as an alternative to deletion. -- Fiction Fanatic III (talk) 16:09, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Merge and redirect to List of DC Comics characters: V is best WP:ATD and frankly a generous one for an otherwise clear fail of WP:FANCRUFT. Iljhgtn (they/them · talk) 21:02, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
Silent Knight
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Very niche comic character; this is just a plot summary - he is so niche there is even no usual list of appearances that noticeable. Sole source that seems to be about him is just a plot summary, and my BEFORE fails to find anything better (a mention in passing here and there, nothing that strieks me as WP:SIGCOV). At best, redirect to the relevant list of DC heroes. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Delete or Draftify if the author believes there are paper sources (comics not included). There is no evidence of sigcov here I can see. I've had a look online and even the fan-generated sites we can't use tend to have very little content on the character. I'm worried about the Breton and Welsh translation at the beginning of the article too. I would be very surprised if the relevant comics had been translated into Welsh, and I would be absolutely astounded if it had been translated into Breton.--Boynamedsue (talk) 07:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Comment "tend to have very little content on the character" I am not that surprised about that lack of interest in the character. Currently living readers are rather unlikely to have read most of his stories. From the publication history available in a DC wiki, the character was regularly featured in solo stories from 1955 until 1959. The rest of his appearances are either reprints or crossover events involving time travel or crowds of characters. 44 appearances in total are listed about the original version of the character, and 12 appearances for a reboot version introduced in 2017. That is a strangely low number for a former protagonist. By comparison, Bette Kane is a moderately popular supporting character with 20 appearances in her pre-Crisis version, 59 in her post-Crisis version, and 36 appearances in the reboot version from the 2010s. She seems to have more endurance as a character than the Silent Knight ever had. Dimadick (talk) 07:24, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
- Merge and redirect to List of DC Comics characters: S as an alternative to deletion. -- Fiction Fanatic III (talk) 12:06, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Delete - Extremely obscure comic character that has basically no coverage in reliable sources outside of brief, one-sentence mentions that do little more than confirm that he was one of the characters that appeared in the early days of The Brave and the Bold. The various comic character lists should not just be a dumping ground for every non-notable, unsourced character that ever existed, so I would not support merging there. Pretty much the only WP:ATD I'd be willing to go with is simply Redirecting to The Brave and the Bold, where his appearances in the early issues is already described. Rorshacma (talk) 15:06, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Merge to List of DC Comics characters: S and/or The Brave and the Bold as an alternative to deletion. Comics Through Time, p. 45, has plot summary, publication information, and brief commentary fitting for both targets. Comics portraying the Middle Ages has a brief comment on the character's lack of success. Can anyone access the full PhD thesis An imaginary mongoose: Comics, canon, and the superhero romance to check what's there? A pure redirect to the list is not helpful, as the list section at the target is currently empty except for the link here. Daranios (talk) 15:31, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Delete Fails notability, and the List of DC Comics characters is an egregiously indiscriminate list so I never support pointing articles there. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:26, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Keep or merge with List of DC Comics characters: S in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. --Rtkat3 (talk) 17:26, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
Rosearik Rikki Simons
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I swear, this is not a campaign against Invader Zim voice actors...
The sources in the article are abhorrent: an interview (therefore a primary source), a few YouTube videos (which themselves are just narrated listicles and a recording of a convention panel), two podcast interviews (therefore primary sources), a listicle from TheGamer, Simons' own books, and Behind the Voice Actors. Of these, only BTVA is a reliable source, but as WP:BTVA states, Editors agree that its coverage is routine and does not contribute to notability.
Not a single one of these is SIGCOV, and several do not even seem to be reliable sources in the first place.
- Newspapers.com for "Rosearik Rikki Simons":
- "Comic Relief": Name-drops Simmons as colorist on I Feel Sick. (A reprint of this article was also the only result for his name on JSTOR.)
- "Week in Review": Name-drops Simmons as guest of honor at a local con in Missoula.
- Newspapers.com for "Rikki Simons":
- "Kawaii Kon Talk": Name-drops Simmons as a guest at a con.
- "Kawaii Kon 2008": Same as last year.
- Beyond that, any 2010s searches for "Rikki Simons" were either false positives for unrelated people, or passing name-drops of him attending cons.
So far, none of this is SIGCOV.
GBooks was similarly useless, returning only comics Simons worked on and a couple of animation databases. @Sammi Brie: fared no better, finding only a one-sentence mention of his comic work. Also like Andy Berman, I found a couple routine name-drops of him reprising the GIR role for Enter the Florpus, but literally all they confirm is that he is returning. I was wholly unable to confirm any biographical information, such as date of birth, spouse, or any work prior to I Feel Sick.
Much like Berman, I feel Simons has just enough credits for a redirect to be undue weight, but not enough to pass the WP:GNG filter. This is exactly the same SIGCOV void Berman fell into, so I think it's time to sing the doom song for his article. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:34, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Delete. As you pointed out, there just… aren't any reliable sources on Simons. Therefore, Simons is not a notable subject. Debonaira (talk) 23:58, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Hawkman (Carter Hall)
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The usual plot summary and list of appearances, with zero academic analysis or even reception. My BEFORE failed to find anything useful (the best I got is this Screenrant article, and it's mostly rehash of plot summary: ). WP:ATD-R points to a List of DC Comics characters. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:08, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
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- Redirect to Hawkman, where this identity is described in depth. The alias of Hawkman is likely notable, but I doubt Hall is individually notable of the wider identity. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 03:43, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- Keep Portrayed by Aldis Hodge in Black Adam (2022), generating independent film coverage and analysis. 85-year publication history (1940). Screen Rant and other outlets covered the character's film adaptation in depth. Article needs reception/analysis added per WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM, not deletion. Sparks19923 (talk) 09:39, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Sparks19923 Valnet sources cannot be used to show notability per Wikipedia:VALNET. Just because a character appeared in a film does not mean they are instantly notable, and a smattering of situational sources or ROUTINE coverage would not dispel that notion. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:23, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- Fair point on WP:VALNET; I withdraw the Screen Rant cite and I'm not relying on Valnet for notability.
- The question is whether the character meets WP:GNG / WP:NFC via significant, independent reliable coverage beyond routine cast/plot mentions. There is at least some such coverage: The Hollywood Reporter ran a substantial feature discussing the character's publication history and significance, not just the film appearance (Graeme McMillan, "The Many Lives of 'Black Adam' Hero Hawkman").
- I've also located an EBSCO Research Starters background/reference entry (Hawkman (character)), which may be useful for basic context but I agree it should not be treated as strong evidence of independent notability on its own.
- I'll add these (and continue looking for additional non-Valnet independent coverage) and expand Reception/Analysis accordingly. If, after that pass, the sourcing is still mostly routine/trivial, I'd support a redirect/merge to Hawkman per the suggestion above. Sparks19923 (talk) 01:33, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Sparks19923 Both of these are about the Hawkman identity, largely, and discuss Hall as part of that identity. Most of this is just discussing the evolution of the role overtime, rather than putting significant discussion of Hall separately from Hawkman (Wikipedia:SIGCOV). This seems very much a Wikipedia:NOPAGE situation. Why split Hall out when he's only notable as being one of the identities of Hawkman, and is only discussed within the context of Hawkman's wider history?
- Hawkman is definitely notable, but is Hall independently notable of Hawkman? My wager is probably not. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 04:23, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per the claims that were made by @Sparks19923: or merge with Hawkman in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE. Is the person who nominated this page going to go after Katar Hol for AFD as well? --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:49, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect/Merge with Hawkman page. Since I had last edited the Hawkman page, I felt pretty confident you could merge both versions of the character into the page and treat it as a immortal warrior reincarnating multiple times. Unlike the Kendra version, which her story includes distancing and being more independent form her past lives, Hawkman in general has consistencies and addressing descrepancies is not out of the question.
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Servite et contribuere (talk) 08:26, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Merge and redirect - in fact the content of this appears to be partially merged already. It doesn't make sense to write a separate article for one of two forms of a character based on a few marginal sources. NotBartEhrman (talk) 13:16, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to Hawkman - Already sufficiently covered at the article on the main topic. The actual sourced publication information and such is already covered there, and the remainder of this article is simply overly detailed plot summaries and "lists of appearances" that are either unsourced or sourced only to primary sources. 21:07, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was delete. Izno (talk) 23:23, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
- Template:R comics with possibilities (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R with possibilities (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
- Template:R comics from alternative name (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R from alternative name (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
- Template:R comics to list entry (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R to list entry (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
- Template:R comics from merge (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R from merge (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
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- Template:R comics to section (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Template:R to section (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Propose merging Template:R comics with possibilities with Template:R with possibilities; Template:R comics from alternative name with Template:R from alternative name; Template:R comics to list entry with Template:R to list entry; Template:R comics from merge with Template:R from merge; Template:R comics from related word with Template:R from related word; and Template:R comics to section with Template:R to section, respectively.
Note that this isn't a proposal to merge all these templates into one huge template, but to merge the comics redirect templates into their non-comics equivalents. I think the comics redirect templates should be merged into their respectively similary titled templates, without the word 'comics' in them, because they otherwise serve similar purposes, and I don't see the point of them being separate. I'm open to the proposals of the templates without the word 'comics' in their titles having the {{{comics}}} parameter instead if that's what Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics and its participants want. I'm surprised these proposals weren't made sooner. I've deliberately excluded 'Template:R comics naming convention' from this proposal because it serves a specific purpose and because there's no non-comics-related template similar to that one. PK2 (talk; contributions) 12:44, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: I've deliberately listed all the above templates in this one discussion because I don't see the point in having separate discussions for each of the respective comics redirect templates and their non-comics equivalents. PK2 (talk; contributions) 00:05, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: I'll wait for the rest of the discussion before formalizing my position here, but I don't find this template scheme in today's landscape the correct way. If this is a valid scheme for comics, then there is no reason why this isn't valid for films, television, horror, NZ politics, F1, etc. For the same reason I also don't think adding a parameter or having the categories (for example Category:Comics redirects from merges) are a good idea. Other media have templates such as {{R from film}}, {{R from television program}}, {{R from song}}. If comic books need a redirect template, then {{R from comics}} or {{R from comic book}} can be created (characters already have {{R from fictional character}}). If the comic book WikiProject wants to track their pages, then just add {{WikiProject Comics}} to the talk page of the redirect. Gonnym (talk) 15:59, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support: I've long felt there are too many near-duplicate rcats. I see no reason to have separate versions just for comics. Alas, I don't work in comics articles so I'll leave it to others to hammer out the specifics. I see you've announced this TfD on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics, so that's good. — voidxor 19:03, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Not sure I completely understand the ask here. If you merge, for instance, Template:R with possibilities and Template:R to list entry, what are you wanting to merge them into? I've particularly used both of those redirect templates on numerous pages that have nothing to do with comics. Maybe instead of merging, you more correctly want to delete all of the "R comics..." type redirect templates, and simply start using the correct redirect templates? — TadgStirkland401(TadgTalk-Email) 19:41, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- @TadgStirkland401: The nominator wants to merge all the comics into the non-comics. I.e. merge the first with the second ("R comics with possibilities" with "R with possibilities"), the third with fourth ("R comics from alternative name" with "R from alternative name") and so on. Christian75 (talk) 20:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- As of 2025-11-09 I feel that the proposal is clear enough (replace all the "R comics" templates with their regular counterparts), and I weak support because this also seems unnecessarily redundant to me. If anyone has a good reason for keeping them then I'd be interested to hear it! But my hunch is that it's just historical cruft. Hopefully an automated replacement can also automatedly "add {{WikiProject Comics}} to the talk page of the redirect" or whatever (if anyone actually cares about that; I don't really know) as well. Dingolover6969 (talk) 05:36, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Support per voidxor. Christian75 (talk) 20:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)- Support the actual intent here. This was mislisted as a single merge (i.e. to one template), when the intent is clearly to merge
{{R comics with possibilities}}to{{R with possibilities}}, then separately merge{{R comics from alternative name}}to{{R from alternative name}}, and so on. This should be done unless there's a compelling reason we need to divide each of these "R with/from/to generic_maintenance_categorization" rcats into topical subdivisions, and that comics in particular should be one of those subdivisions. (Even if that's actually true in some case, it is not necessarily true for all of them.) We shold do all of these merges in absence of a strong showing that one or more should not be merged. This is basically useless micro-intersection, of a sort that badly mixes categorization types and purposes. The identification of something as a comics topic is already accomplished (and is a reader- as well as editor-facing matter) by comics topical categories of the usual sort. Meanwhile, "R with/from/to generic_maintenance_categorization" categories are maintenance only and just editor-facing (nor do these generally need to be topically split, since editors working on categorization of, and other maintenance pertaining to, redirects that go in such categories are doing so on a cross-topical basis. Another way of putting it is that a redir being from an alternative name (or whatever) and it also pertaining to comics is a trivial intersection and non-defining characteristic. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 21:01, 6 November 2025 (UTC)- I've just clarified my proposal to request to merge the comics redirect templates into their regular non-comics equivalents. I've deliberately listed all the above templates in this one discussion because I don't see the point in having separate discussions for each of the respective comics redirect templates and their non-comics equivalents. PK2 (talk; contributions) 01:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support what was presumably the intent here per SMcCandlish. There is no clear reason why comics, or any other topic, needs a distinct version of the general purpose RCAT templates. ~2025-31245-28 (talk) 22:30, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support intent per SMcCandlish. Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 23:18, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support per SMcCandlish.· · · Peter Southwood (talk): 03:49, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support the actual intent here i.e. to abandon the need for comics to have their own set of redirect templates. The generic set of templates do the job perfectly well. BobKilcoyne (talk) 06:49, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Question to supports: You are all saying you support the nomination, but three of you said per "SMcCandlish" which (if I read correctly) isn't in support of continuing with the comic-specific categorization. So it would seem the intent here is to replace (or redirect), rather than merge any functionality. Gonnym (talk) 07:14, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support, no need to differentiate FaviFake (talk) 18:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Only Support merging the comic variants of these R-cat templates into the corresponding general templates with matching names. For the avoidance of doubt, I Oppose merging the various R-cat templates that do not include the word comics. The proposal is badly worded and confusing at first glance. It would have been clearer if a separate proposal was made for each template that it was proposed to merge with its corresponding target template; as I interpret the proposal, it is only proposed to merge Template:R comics from merge into Template:R from merge, etc. This is not actually a proposal to merge all these templates together, even though it appears to be one based on the way the templates are listed. Hence my partial opposition. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:21, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
- I've just clarified my proposal to request to merge the comics redirect templates into their regular non-comics equivalents. I've deliberately listed all the above templates in this one discussion because I don't see the point in having separate discussions for each of the respective comics redirect templates and their non-comics equivalents. PK2 (talk; contributions) 23:52, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete all the "redirect comics" after they have been replaces with the "normal" R-templates. My first vote was support, but it was unclear what I was supporting, but still per user:voidxor. strong oppose merging. Christian75 (talk) 08:24, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support if I've understood correctly that this is fundamentally equivalent to replacing "R [media type] from [relationship between source and target article]", at least for those articles to do with comics. If we have "Redirect from alternative name", we don't need a more precise "Redirect from comic with alternative name", for example. I think I'm in agreement with BobKilcoyne. UndercoverClassicist T·C 11:33, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Support per WP:NOPAGE Freddy[citation needed] 18:47, 8 November 2025 (UTC)WP:SOCKSTRIKE ~SG5536B 15:29, 9 November 2025 (UTC)- Question - Will this have any effect on the 109,000 uses of {{R with possibilities}} other than to add that template to a few comics redirects? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:51, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
- I have tried to clean up PK2's confusing nomination to make the intent clear. BD2412 T 18:05, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for doing that. PK2 (talk; contributions) 03:41, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
- I have tried to clean up PK2's confusing nomination to make the intent clear. BD2412 T 18:05, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support. Daask (talk) 16:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
- Support mergers of 'R comics xyz' to equivalent 'R xyz' templates and categories. The duplicate 'comics' categories serve no useful purpose. There is no clear rationale for comics' special treatment and this is likely to lead to inconsistent tagging. Oppose adding 'comics' parameter as I have not seen any rationale for adding this. Overall, I support simplifying Rcats and not having a million ways to subcategorize them unless there is a meaningful benefit to maintenance or another aspect of the project. —Myceteae🍄🟫 (talk) 16:47, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
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