The result was redirect to List of The Young and the Restless characters (1980s). Consensus is that the notability guideline is not met, so the page should remain a redirect. Davewild ( talk) 19:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC) reply
This is a character from a soap opera. A post at the help desk advised of an edit war, which I quelled by protecting the title rather than blocking multiple editors for 3RR. The war was over whether this should be a stand-alone article or a redirect to List of The Young and the Restless characters (1980s). I have now searched for sources using Google Books and a News Archive, and found enough to verify a sentence or two but little else and not enough for notability, so I have taken this here seeking to determine whether this should remain a redirect or not so that further reversions are not just one side warring with another but are measured and actionable against consensus. Based on the lack of reliable sources I found, I think it should remain a redirect unless other evidence is provided. Because at the time of protection it was a redirect, you will need to look at the page history to see the content from past versions, e.g., this one (this is not, however, an RfD issue at heart which is why I've brought it here). If anyone thinks they can establish notability and wishes to edit, I will lift the protection but given the warring that was going on, I will leave it protected for the moment. I will inform everyone involved in the reversions and provide a link at the help desk post.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:37, 3 July 2012 (UTC) reply
The result was redirect to List of The Young and the Restless characters (1980s). Consensus is that the notability guideline is not met, so the page should remain a redirect. Davewild ( talk) 19:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC) reply
This is a character from a soap opera. A post at the help desk advised of an edit war, which I quelled by protecting the title rather than blocking multiple editors for 3RR. The war was over whether this should be a stand-alone article or a redirect to List of The Young and the Restless characters (1980s). I have now searched for sources using Google Books and a News Archive, and found enough to verify a sentence or two but little else and not enough for notability, so I have taken this here seeking to determine whether this should remain a redirect or not so that further reversions are not just one side warring with another but are measured and actionable against consensus. Based on the lack of reliable sources I found, I think it should remain a redirect unless other evidence is provided. Because at the time of protection it was a redirect, you will need to look at the page history to see the content from past versions, e.g., this one (this is not, however, an RfD issue at heart which is why I've brought it here). If anyone thinks they can establish notability and wishes to edit, I will lift the protection but given the warring that was going on, I will leave it protected for the moment. I will inform everyone involved in the reversions and provide a link at the help desk post.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:37, 3 July 2012 (UTC) reply