Deletion of Gary the Snail

Comment: Poor/no reason for deletion. I think many people in this discussion should read . The content '''in''' the article is not what you judge, it's what content that is available. Doing a quick search, I'm convinced that there's enough out there. &nbsp;—&nbsp
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE)

Comment: The nomination's claim that the topic is not notable is false as the topic is discussed in detail in sources such as ''Learn to Draw The Best of Nickelodeon'' and the ''Journal of Popular Culture''.  The latter reports that Gary the Snail is the second most popular character for female college students and that's almost worth a DYK by itself.  Patrick comes first, I see.  I'm not sure who he is as all my knowledge of this show comes from AfD.  I'd watch it but it's probably not as good as I imagine.  Is Gary as witty as Brian the Snail, who had college students enthralled back in my day?  Note further that  and  are still not policy but  is
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Fancruft (WP:CRUFT||WP:IDONTLIKEIT||WP:PRESERVE)

Comment: What about the other articles? I think SpongeBob himself, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy are notable enough, based on their articles (sigcov); the Mr. Krabs and Plankton are more in line with this one. All of them rely heavily on primary sources, bordering on 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)