Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov
The character seems to get significant critical attention.  For example, see ''https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0148333114552772 “Balaam’s Ass”: Smerdyakov as a paradoxical redeemer in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov''.  Per policy , "''If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page
— user:Andrew, 19:04, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ATD (Wikipedia:Deletion policy)