Deletion of Jimmy Patterson

Comment: as major character in major game series who is |verifiable through |reliable sources. No pressing need to redlink as content is not a hoax, not libelous, nor a copy vio. Moreover, useful material from this article was merged following , , and  in order to improve two other articles that no one would reasonably question the notability of. Thus, given that myself and any other article editor is a volunteer who is only able to edit when he or she has time, no one concerned with the actual improvement of the project would rather focus on process wonkery rather than allowing what actually improves article content of article's no reasonable editor would contest, i.e. the main game articles. We are here to build an encyclopedia, not play games. When we have content that can be used to improve other articles and the article under discussion is not one of dangerous content the public must not see, there is no reasonable cause not to be bold. And certainly no reasonable editor would want to diminish the quality of other articles just to adhere to something that need not be adhered to anyway. In this case we have reliably sourced information that benefits those articles and given that in the worst case scenario this legitimate search term would be redirected anyways per
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:RS||WP:BEFORE||WP:PRESERVE||WP:IAR)

Comment: or '''redirect''' - the extent of information from reliable, third-party sources is "this is the character you play in the game." - but somehow from this we've extrapolated extensive fictional biography and trivia sections. Knowing what grade he got in Fluid Dynamics at the University of Michigan goes ''way'' beyond  and  - this almost looks like a Something Awful parody. Any relevant plot information belongs in the plot synopsis of the game articles
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:VGSCOPE||WP:WAF)

Comment: or redirect per Robofish.  This character is not notable per our standards, .  There are keep !votes as smokescreen without any valid reason given
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTE)

Comment: No evidence of notability. Excessive fictional detail per . Character's fictional relevance would be adequately covered by a series plot summary
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:GAMECRUFT)