Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jamal Malik (character)
as a character that meets the |general notability guidelines. In particular I quote, ''"Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material."'' At the same time, the guidelines establish a presumption that a subject is suitable for inclusion. Obviously we do not create character articles for the main characters of every film just because reviews make more than trivial mentions about them. It is generally accepted that multiple characters can be covered within a film article. The question is what entails an article split in which we have a focus on the character, even if he or she only appears in one film. I think that the best gauge of that is retrospective (and usually academic) coverage because of the studied observations made. ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is most definitely a studied film (https://www.worldcat.org/title/slumdog-phenomenon-a-critical-anthology/oclc/816030646&referer=brief_results this being the latest such study). I've added an "Analysis" starter section that helps indicate that Jamal is a key character, not just one of several, in this well-studied film. There will be redundancy, to be sure. I can foresee an Analysis of Slumdog Millionaire|Analysis of ''Slumdog Millionaire'' sub-article, and Jamal will inevitably be covered in that scope. I think that in addition to that, it is also possible to have a character-centric scope with related such observations. Other examples: Tony Montana was posted for AfD but was kept with ease. Buffalo Bill (character) is a secondary character that nonetheless had worthwhile observations (that I added to rescue that article from AfD). There is also T-X, for which there was a merge discussion, but I believe I provided adequate evidence (that surprised even me) that indicated the potential of a stand-alone article. I think that potential also exists here; we can compile observations about this character, and I've added a section to indicate that
— User:Erik, 14:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)