Talk:Oliver (Thomas and Friends character)

Deletion?

This article is effectively a copy of the page at the TTTE Wikia: http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Oliver

Details appropriate for Wikipedia have already been retrieved.

Hence, no reason to retain this page.

EdJogg (talk) 00:54, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, so it has survived PROD. At the very least, this page should be 'moved' to the existing redirect Oliver the Western Engine. However, it should be noted that the latter page was made into a redirect when the character information was merged into the grouped character pages as part of the WP:THOMAS character-rationalisation process, over two years ago.

EdJogg (talk) 13:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Presumably, that still breaks copyright laws if it has been 'lifted' without sources etc. The fact that it is un-wikified gives that away. There's no need for this - that's what the TTTE Wiki is for (and why it was set up - remember all the image problems?!). Further discussion is at WT:THOMAS. Suggest a merge back to the agreed place.—MDCollins 23:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

(No dispute with any of your points except:) Interesting question. What if the person who wrote it at Wikia then posted it here - it's his copyright, isn't it? So can't he chose to copy it here (and effectively relinquish the copyright) ? EdJogg (talk) 00:51, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Merge

It has been proposed that this article should be merged with Major characters in The Railway Series and Railway engines (Thomas and Friends), since Oliver is not one of the (major) characters identified by WP:THOMAS as being sufficiently notable to have his own character page. (See WP:THOMAS/FAQ)

EdJogg (talk) 14:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC) (for WP:THOMAS)

Merge completed -- EdJogg (talk) 13:27, 5 June 2009 (UTC)