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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 [1] 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)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, and Comics and animation. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- 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)