Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Darkstalkers characters

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) CycloneYoris ^talk! 05:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Darkstalkers characters

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Was just gonna leave tags on this, but they've been reverted, so I guess I may as well do this instead. Sources on this page consist of primaries (one from the game, two from Capcom's website), one database (Behind the Voice Actors), and a couple from what I believe are third party game guide books. I don't know the reliability of all of those sources (BtVA I can't imagine being reliable, and the non-primaries I wouldn't expect to be), but I know none of them convey notability. Otherwise, this page is full of what could probably be summarized as fancruft that is better left to fan sites than here, especially with none of it sourced. Could redirect to Darkstalkers#Characters, though I think deletion makes more sense since that section doesn't currently have any sort of list or significant detail on any individual characters. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 02:18, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Lists. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 02:18, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The sources are insufficient to establish notability for the cast, and this seems to be mostly fan cruft. Cortador (talk) 06:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. At least two characters from the series are notable: Felicia (Darkstalkers) , Morrigan Aensland. That suggests a list is usfeful and likely meets NLIST. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:05, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per Piotrus. It meets NLIST as a topic, deletion is not cleanup and shouldn't be used to deal with surmountable problems like lack of sourcing. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 13:09, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per above. Needs improvement but meets NLIST. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 14:33, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @Piotrus @ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ @Pokelego999 If I may offer a counter suggestion, what about the prospect of merging the list as its condensed here into Darkstalkers#Characters? Personally I don't see this list ever getting bigger or more detailed like the Street Fighter lists, and a lot of the reception on the character from articles like Den of Geek applies to both the characters and the series in the same breath. The series article also is on the shorter end as is.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 16:21, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't see how it is different from other similar lists and therefore merits a merge. As I said, deletion is not cleanup and I am positive that the list can be cleaned up if anyone were willing to do so. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:30, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with a merge, given edits made to the article. It's small enough to where I feel it could work. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 23:49, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not opposed to it, but I am also fine with it being kept as it is. I am generally not happy with how we handle mergers in similar cases, where much informaiton is lost (from characters to lists), although this time it is from a list that indeed doesn't have much outside plot summaries so... shugh, I have no strong feelings re merge. Just oppose deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, agree that this is something to be handled with cleanup and not deletion. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 18:57, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep like all such character lists, the work in question (Darkstalkers) is the topic, so arguments against notability for the characters are moot. Merging editorially is fine if consensus is found... but why would there be? Jclemens (talk) 04:11, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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