Talk:Phantom

RFD discussion: August 2017–February 2018

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Phantom

Comic book and its main character. Equinox ◑ 19:48, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

I think delete. Any comic strip (pretty sure it's a newspaper comic, not really a comic book) or its characters can be alluded to, but I don't think the character is familiar enough to have lexical meaning beyond a direct allusion. Isolated from context, calling someone "a phantom" or "the Phantom" could suggest various phantoms or Phantoms in various media. This might be different from familiar catchphrases, such as "the Shadow knows" (a character from a radio serial, but comparable, IMO), which might be used isolated from their original context, with a distinct meaning, which isn't immediately apparent to everyone. P Aculeius (talk) 01:01, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Delete for sure, and all its translations. WT:FICTION PseudoSkull (talk) 23:16, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Delete. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 14:07, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

• RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 08:56, 18 February 2018 (UTC)