Talk:fictional character

This entry was the basis of a long and important discussion in Requests for Deletion. That can now be found at Wiktionary talk:Idioms. In the strict sense that an idomatic expression is more than the sum of its parts there is no justification for retaining this entry; it is nothing more than a charcter from fiction. My own initial instinct was to support deletion. Our own debate, however, has helped to define what we mean by an idiom. There are also separate links from specific fictional characters to this page which will also help to focus the debates about just how many and which of these characters have a place in Wiktionary. These points have helped to tip the scale in favour of keeping the entry. Eclecticology 19:54, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

fictional character
A character that's fictional. Loads of comparable terms; fictional hero; fictional dog (etc.). Mglovesfun (talk) 15:38, 25 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. (The current definition isn't exactly what you said above, but it's needlessly over-specific.) Equinox ◑ 09:51, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete this and all related vandalic entries. DCDuring TALK 11:29, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per Equinox. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 15:35, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I could go with or without. It really only has collocation going for it, which is worth more than credited. To be clear, I would vote against fictional hero though. DAVilla 18:29, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

deleted -- Prince Kassad 07:50, 4 February 2011 (UTC)