Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Veil Brides fan fiction


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:13, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Black Veil Brides fan fiction

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Very little actual content right now, and even if expanded, I doubt this could pass WP:42, specifically the reliable-third-party-sources requirement. To the article's creator: This content may be more suited to a fansite wiki, like a [//wikia.com wikia] one. (Note that I have nothing against fan-fiction articles in principle&mdash;I saw a prominent site link to Kirk/Spock the other day, for instance&mdash;I just don't think this has the sourcing available to establish notability.)  — PinkAmpers  &#38;  ( Je vous invite à me parler )  21:22, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Some background: Black Veil Brides is a popular rock band that charted 7 singles in the US and UK in 2011 and 2012, and this fanfiction is real person fiction about them. There is a dedicated website for Black Veil Bride fanfics, and it has a presence at other major fanfic sites like fanfiction.net, but as far as I can determine it has not yet been discussed in reliable, independent sources, and as such is not suitable for inclusion. Dcoetzee 21:41, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:18, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:18, 9 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Simply, no. Terrible article, most popular bands have fanfic devoted to them (and mind you, ff.net technically outlaws RPF but their 'moderating team' seems to be made up of people who do anything but moderating outside of occasional sweeps to satisfy groups occasionally), no sources to be found.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 02:49, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. There just isn't anything out there that would show that this particular type of fanfiction would merit its own article. It would take an awful, awful lot for a specific type of fanfiction to merit a mention in the article for the band, let alone for a separate one. It's the type of thing that's best suited for fansites and the like. If it ever gains mention in reliable sources we can add it to the main article, but not until that point. What would it need to get to that point? For a good example of how much attention it'd have to gather, I'd probably recommend that it get attention along the lines of the Harry Potter fandom fanfiction. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   03:51, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete No coverage in reliable sources. And no explanation of why this should be notable. Everything in the world has fan fiction written about it, seriously. This article is just fans being silly. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:31, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. DaveApter (talk) 11:59, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing here suggests that this is a notable topic; it looks like it's just one of many examples of subjects for Real person fiction. The article is also poorly written, starting from its first sentence: "Black Veil Brides (or BVB) Fan Fiction is self-explanatory; a fiction of the band made by bands." I don't think that's what the writer meant to write. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:32, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
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